From an agile modeling (AM) viewpoint, the Whiteboard Warrior moniker as dubbed by Scott Ambler is suitable for the modern agile world. Modeling is not just about using specific modeling or CASE tools. It is about techniques, communication, and abstracting ideas into graphical form that can be translated into working technology solutions that happen to have a software component.
Over the past twenty years of having used paper, whiteboards, drawing tools, diagramming tools, flowcharting tools, then CASE tools, then modeling tools (lightweight and heavyweight) etc., the one common denominator has been the ability to visualize graphically my ideas. The tools and notations tend to evolve over time but the modeling intent remains consistent. The one tool that has stood the test of time has been the whiteboard, paper, and pencil/marker/pens technique. They can be done anywhere, and at anytime. Even when you don't have the paper or pen, you can do it in the dirt/sand or on napkins at a restaurant/bar.
Many innovations and breakthroughs have been conceived and communicated on napkins.
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