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decisions in the middle and few but important

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decisions at the top of the triangle. The higher in the triangle an item is, the more scope it covers and less precise it becomes. As items move down they become more detailed and apply more precisely. It came to the attention of the information systems community through the work of George Gorry and

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1989 reprint and retrospective commentary

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