So often an organization invests in a modeling tool for a specific project and then, when the project is complete, the team disperses and the tool gets forgotten. When a new project starts the team may favor another tool. Very quickly the work done on the previous project becomes out of date and impossible to integrate into the current initiative.

This is not because of any technical reason, as most tools have comprehensive import and export features. It is because the organization does not have a common strategy, a common framework for managing information, a consistent methodology for gathering information, and a governance structure that manages and motivates users.

By the end of this book you will have a simple and effective way to do things differently.