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Criterion
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
Purposedifferent
For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic.
Complexitydifferent
HighMedium
Timesame
2-6 h2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-102-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective ActionsEvent Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models
Tagsno overlap
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
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Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
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