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| Criterion |  Domain Modeling Bounded Context Canvas |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Domain Modeling Domain Context Map |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-8 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Context Canvas, Glossary, Integration Notes | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Domain Context Map, Boundary Notes, Ownership Map | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling | FailureResilienceRisk | Domain-Driven DesignContextBoundaries | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |