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The way in which visual outcomes models meet each of these criteria as a way of communicating government intentions is discussed below.
\subsection{Easy to access and understand}
Ease of access is crucial if government is to actually communicate with the public. At the end of the day, it does not matter if a government produces all the documentation in the world but it is not able to be easily accessed by those it wish to use it. At the current time we are in the middle of a revolution in the way in which information of all types is presented. Central to this revolution is increased use of visualization as a mode of presentation [References]. This is reflected in the old adage that 'a picture is worth a thousand words'. This
can be seen in trend is obvious when one looks at the way in which
material information is now presented on the web
makes where there is now extensive use of visualization. [references]
The traditional approach to communicating government's planned outcomes is based on
the belief that a two-step process, text-based documents will be produced, people will read them and subsequently they will come to construct a mental model of what it is that government is trying to do. The approach used in visual outcomes modeling is to simplify this two step process. The concept is for those producing the documentation to immediately focus on attempting to produce a visual model which can function as a type of external mental model for people.