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Criterion
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint 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
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
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.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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan.
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Timedifferent
30-90 min2-8 h30-90 min45-75 min
Participantsdifferent
2-85-121-62-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListTest Matrix, Test Plan
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ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
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