Tackling confusion with spreadsheet tables

I think that I have this tendency that when I don't understand something, I try to turn it into a spreadsheet table. Such tables have been a tremendous help for me in tackling confusion and turning it into more clarity and control. So I thought I'll try to share a few real-life examples:

A checklist for system migration

An overview of who works on what

Status of a four-month project

Deciding things

Update: This idea can be taken further by voting

Coming up with a domain model

Tackling confusion about grid operator

I was also happy to find out that Simon Eskildsen touched upon this topic on his blog; where he describes how he started to force visuals into problems to gain perspective.

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