Gentleman Modeler
I had a bit of a crisis of confidence a little while back... a couple of months ago... a bit hyperbolic, I know, but I asked myself... Basically, what the hell am I doing?... Really, what do I know about modeling? Have I got any business writing a blog about this? The internet is full of ignorance. Am I just adding my ignorance to the sum total. Am I making things a bit better, or am I just making things worse? In my day to day work I draw diagrams illustrating various aspects of a solution. These serve a purpose, they generally get the job done, but they do not represent models. I lack confidence that these diagrams meet a strict definition of a model. I use UML, BPMN, ArchiMate, and whatever else is required, but I hardly consider myself an expert in any of these graphical languages. I don't know anybody who is an expert in these languages. I get by, and I hope that what I produce is helpful. I do believe that modeling is the one thing t...