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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Domain Context Map
Domain Modeling
Domain Context Map
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-4 pro Pitch3-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Context Canvas, Glossary, Integration NotesPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesDomain Context Map, Boundary Notes, Ownership MapConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
Domain-Driven DesignContextBoundaries
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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