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    IMO it's the only way. When you draw with your hands, concepts like "too complex" or "too coupled" are immediately obvious. Tools can hide that from you. Sometimes we take a picture of the whiteboard and keep it in the design folder - more often we don't. Commented Mar 20, 2011 at 21:36
  • Which diagramming programs are you using? It seems pretty quick to me... granted there's room for improvement still of course. Commented Mar 20, 2011 at 21:48
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    @Kenneth - I've used several. None are half as fast as drawing on a whiteboard or one-tenth as fast as typing "X extends Y" Commented Mar 20, 2011 at 23:40
  • I guess in the end it comes down to a matter of style. I personally haven't had any issues using them. I sometimes prefer to take things a little more slowly so I have time to analyze things which I find helps me to see things I might not have seen otherwise. Commented Mar 20, 2011 at 23:47
  • If you're only going to do it once, a white board makes sense. Commented Mar 21, 2011 at 0:46