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Criterion
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
Purposedifferent
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.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.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.
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LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min2-6 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-82-83-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesEvent Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read ModelsContext Canvas, Glossary, Integration Notes
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ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling
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Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for Domain Context Map
Domain Modeling
Domain Context Map
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