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Criterion
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
A paper-based illustration representing Domain Storytelling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Domain Storytelling
Purposedifferent
With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic.Domain Storytelling translates domain knowledge into a shared narrative of actors, objects, and workflows. It is especially useful when language, rules, and process understanding must be tightly connected.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min daily2-6 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
12-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesEvent Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read ModelsDomain Story, Glossary Notes, Process Narrative
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
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EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping