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| Criterion |  Domain Modeling Bounded Context Canvas |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  Domain Modeling Context Map |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. | 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. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 1-3 h | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1-4 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Context Canvas, Glossary, Integration Notes | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling | ValidationDemandMVP | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |