Easy way to gain high level understanding | Andrew Seimer

Easy way to gain high level understanding | Andrew Seimer

When I hit the ground anywhere new I go into listening mode and try to absorb as much information as possible.  I am always interested in the process to transfer information about existing systems and processes to new people.  But when I land somewhere that passes me from person to person to gain the understanding of this information I am eager to write down or draw my understanding so that the next new guy doesn't have to be passed from place to place.  Onboarding should always get better! I have bounced from company to company for a lot of years now.  I used to keep 3 active jobs at any given time.  This has put me in this fun discovery mode many times.  As such I have looked at many ways to track information in a quick easy to understand way.  Of course there is/was UML which was a HUGE thing not so many years ago.  But I have found that less formal higher level diagrams are 1) usually good enough and 2) much easier to maintain.  Boxes and lines and no more if possible.

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