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| Criterion |  Domain Modeling Bounded Context Canvas |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Facilitation Dot Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 60-120 min | 60–90 min | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 5-12 | 2-8 | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context Canvas, Glossary, Integration Notes | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization |