[DamagedProperty]

Ah, Yes. I use to have a strong mental model of our security infrastructure and could troubleshoot problems by just hearing the description of the issues and a couple of variables. I would literally see visual gaps where my knowledge of the system stopped if I was drawn there. I would then fill in those gaps.

Now as a developer I haven't worked on a model long enough (my excuse) to be able to do that. But now I realize I already have a process for identifying gaps that I don't use.

I work with a guy who can do this and recently he has amazed me with how he can do it. Contrary to this though, sometimes I think he works in outdated models that limit his creativity.