I know it's popular, but I bet a lot of people haven't heard the flowchart and table quote you're referencing: "Show me your flowchart and conceal your tables,

I know it's popular, but I bet a lot of people haven't heard the flowchart and table quote you're referencing: "Show me your flowchart and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won't usually need your flowchart; it'll be obvious." -- Fred Brooks, The Mythical Man Month (1975)