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Concept Models
Dan Brown

concept models represent nouns as circles connected by lines that are verbs

Steps:
gather concepts (make a list of nouns from your requirements list, more is better, be complete)
start creating connections
research and elaborate concepts
validate concepts and connections (with others)

economizing connections - analyze and reduce redundancy

be as transparent as possible in your process - explain to colleagues why you did this and the thinking behind it

questions to ask when showing model:
what’s missing?
are these relationships correct?
do these relationships matter?

use concept models when the underlying structure is unclear

use concept models to move away from the “page metaphor”

use concept models to bridge the gap between understanding and solving the problem

this models object-oriented thinking, engineers may be able to understand these models easily