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Criterion
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for Domain Context Map
Domain Modeling
Domain Context Map
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Purposedifferent
ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.When a domain model and its associated contexts need to be thought through together, it creates a shared overview. It connects the business view and organizational boundary into a readable whole.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-3 h45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation3-102-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsDomain Context Map, Boundary Notes, Ownership MapAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
Domain-Driven DesignContextBoundaries
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
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