It was developed in 1970s It has 15 versions starting from IDEF0 to IDEF14 It is used to give structured graphical representation of a system or enterprise It is a simple method Easy to learn Flexibility model It is composed of boxes which is representing activities and directed arc which represents function It is based on ICOM which is nothing but an Input, Control, Output, Mechanism. It has minimum of three boxes to maximum of 6 boxes