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Selected:Bounded Context CanvasARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Context Map5-Minuten VC-Check
| Criterion |  Domain Modeling Bounded Context Canvas |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Domain Modeling Context Map |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a business context is still loosely outlined, it shapes language, responsibility, and integration space. It clarifies what belongs together and where a boundary needs to hold. | 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 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. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 h | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Context Canvas, Glossary, Integration Notes | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy | StartupValidationCompetition |