Abstract. We present the method introduced by Neeman of generalized side conditions with two types of models. We then discuss some applications: a variation of the Friedman-Mitchell poset for adding a club with finite conditions, the consistency of the existence of an ω 2 increasing chain in (ω ω1 1 , < fin ), originally proved by Koszmider, and the existence of a thin very tall superatomic Boolean algebra, originally proved by Baumgartner-Shelah. We expect that the present method will have many more applications.