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3. How to Read a Historical Model

Michael L. Perry1 
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Allen, TX, USA
 

Throughout the rest of this book, we will be exploring many examples of historical models. To do so, we will need a language for describing them. This language will be part visual and part textual. The visual aspect of this language will aide in overall understanding, while the textual part will provide specificity.

The goal of the modeling languages, whether visual or textual, is to achieve a shared understanding about the decisions we are collectively making and the consequences of those decisions. Business analysts, product owners, and information architects will uncover ...

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