Comments on: Architecture and Mental Models http://www.architected.info/blog/architecture-and-mental-models How people, practices, and information are transformed into relationships and understanding. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:34:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: Stephen http://www.architected.info/blog/architecture-and-mental-models#comment-27 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:41:43 +0000 http://www.architected.info/blog/architecture-and-mental-models#comment-27 I like the idea of a mental model. It kind of makes you think about using the mind. A couple of thoughts from your post. I agree on your attributes and have been dissappointed in the past about what I have seen on-site at clients. But I think that it isn't that these folks don't have the vision, but often they do not have either: - the time to take there jobs past the getting things that I have in front of me mode - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People can help with that. - the tools to be able to bring these things in play. Often people talk about the use of models (I use reference models or architecture), but do not talk about how to go about building them. The real power when working with clients is to empower them with the tools to do this on there own, develop confidence building projects for proof of ability and then an environment that allows people to do these things without being shot when they make mistakes. Sorry for the long comment, but Mental Models, Reference Architecture and other tools are the framework for a better mutual understanding and there just aren't enough good people helping others to get comfortable with it. Great post, keep it up, loving the blog a daily stop. I like the idea of a mental model. It kind of makes you think about using the mind. A couple of thoughts from your post.

I agree on your attributes and have been dissappointed in the past about what I have seen on-site at clients. But I think that it isn’t that these folks don’t have the vision, but often they do not have either:
- the time to take there jobs past the getting things that I have in front of me mode - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People can help with that.
- the tools to be able to bring these things in play.

Often people talk about the use of models (I use reference models or architecture), but do not talk about how to go about building them. The real power when working with clients is to empower them with the tools to do this on there own, develop confidence building projects for proof of ability and then an environment that allows people to do these things without being shot when they make mistakes.

Sorry for the long comment, but Mental Models, Reference Architecture and other tools are the framework for a better mutual understanding and there just aren’t enough good people helping others to get comfortable with it.

Great post, keep it up, loving the blog a daily stop.

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