3NF reminder

Normalisation can be a mine field for some but I find that when I try to normalize data I don't have 3 key steps to get to 3NF, I just end up with a single operation that weeds all three things in one go.

I am conscious that 3 steps becomes more relevant for unfamiliar situations and for newbies but the descriptions I learned :

1. Remove repeating groups
2. Full functional dependency
3. Transitive dependency

are pretty useless to succinctly describe the purpose - I've recently tried to narrate to a newbie what these mean and ended up with a less than brilliant explanation which made little sense to me let alone someone starting out.

However, I have recently I came across this meaningful summary :

1. No repeating elements or groups of elements
2. No partial dependencies on a concatenated key
3. No dependencies on non-key attributes

which explain everything in a rememberable form http://phlonx.com/resources/nf3/