> [!tldr] EVERYTHING WORTH SAYING ABOUT ANYTHING WORTH SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT CAN BE SAID WITH SIX OR FEWER PIECES > - Doug Ross - inventor of SADT & IDEF0 Working Group Member EVERYTHING WORTH SAYING ABOUT ANYTHING WORTH SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT CAN BE SAID WITH SIX OR FEWER PIECES - Doug Ross - inventor of SADT & [[IDEF0]] Working Group Member, This is a bit of [[hyperbole]], but the point here is that you should whittle down what's important. If you have too many things to say about something, that's probably not *one* thing. **** # More ## Source - [[The Practical Guide to Business Process Reengineering Using IDEF0]] ## Related - [[Systems Decomposition Rule of 7]] - [[Decomposition Understanding]]