When working on a large project, creating a visual hierarchy of the tasks needed to accomplish your end-goal can be an efficient way to organize your plan prior to execution. While traditional lists are a great way of understanding what needs to be accomplished, by using a visual format, such as a tree graph, and grouping tasks based on relevance and priority, it will become much easier to determine how much time should be allocated for each assignment.
Contributor: Tracy Julien from guidedchoice.com