What can Modeling help us do?

1. Provides an overview of something - that might be - complex 2. Helps us communicate our understanding to others 3. Form basis for discussions with stakeholders 4. Ensure congruence 5. Forces us to ask questions 6. Impose structure on the jumble of a spoken or written specifications 7. Highlights omissions and contradictions 8. Helps us reason about our current state of understanding 9. Bridge the gap between business and IT