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Business Modelling Best Practices
How to communicate effectively with clear, consistent and concise diagrams
Modelling is a powerful technique for communicating the meaning, breaking down complexity, or explaining how a bicycle works. For anyone involved in architecture, analysis, or design, models are a method or condensing the understanding of systems, products, stories, and experiences into a visual form. For the business architects and analysts, visuals and diagrams are necessary for creating a shared understanding of the strategy, the value stream, and the requirements.
Modelling is not a dark art. Learning its techniques and best practices is a good investment for anyone who needs to communicate and share concepts and ideas with others.
Whenever you are in doubt about whether to create a diagram, remember that a significant part of your audience will be visual.
Best Practice: Clarity
Let’s start with an illustration. How clear is the first example? Why is the second diagram better?
