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Criterion
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min2-8 h60-120 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-85-124-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsProblem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis QuestionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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