86 n The Art of Software Modeling
created. Alternatively, if the area of investigation and modeling is very familiar to
the modeler, then the actual model creation can be delayed until after much of the
model content has been collected.
Selecting Model Content
Information selection is a key determinant in the success of a model. Models
should only contain the information that is relevant for the model purpose to avoid
becoming cluttered. e filtering of model information involves the difficult task of
choosing which information should be included into the model, and which should
be excluded. Unfortunately, I have not yet discovered a clear set of rules that can be
used to filter model information. e following guidelines may be usef ...