ABSTRACT
The smallest elements for visual management can be identified in the existing works of academic, grey literature and organisational documentation. Many of these works utilise individual visual artefacts to communicate the essence of their meaning. Taking inspiration from the advice of Iba Labs to pattern mine for patterns combined with the existing typology of visualisation provides guidance for sourcing the key symbols for visual management. Unicode has already been cited as well as being directly used in this and the previous chapters, as a system for representing symbols of any language. The ways in which visualisation can bring greater transparency and openness to an organisation shapes other criteria for interpreting available visualisation approaches as artefacts. The question of whether the visualisation is offered for further participatory inscription by its intended audience or is presented as already complete will shape selection preferences.
