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> [“All joking aside, these diagrams do suffer from one or more of the following problems: • Notation (e.g. colour coding, shapes, etc) is not explained or is inconsistent. • The purpose and meaning of elements is ambiguous. • Relationships between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-brown/all-joking-aside-these-diagrams-do-suffer-from-one-or-more-of-the/)

Simon Brown

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## More by Simon Brown

> [“unlike the building industry, the software development industry lacks a standard, consistent way to think about, describe and visually communicate software architecture”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-brown/unlike-the-building-industry-the-software-development-industry-lacks/)

Simon Brown

> [“colour coding to decipher. Can you work out what the colour coding means? Is it related to input vs output functions? Or perhaps it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-brown/colour-coding-to-decipher-can-you-work-out-what-the-colour-coding/)

Simon Brown

> [“Any narrative should complement the diagram rather than explain it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-brown/any-narrative-should-complement-the-diagram-rather-than-explain-it/)

Simon Brown

> [“All joking aside, these diagrams do suffer from one or more of the following problems: • Notation (e.g. colour coding, shapes, etc) is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-brown/all-joking-aside-these-diagrams-do-suffer-from-one-or-more-of-the/)

Simon Brown

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