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| Criterion |  Domain Modeling Context Map |  Knowledge Modeling Domain Storytelling |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries. | Domain Storytelling translates domain knowledge into a shared narrative of actors, objects, and workflows. It is especially useful when language, rules, and process understanding must be tightly connected. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-2 h | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes | Domain Story, Glossary Notes, Process Narrative | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tagsno overlap | Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy | KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess | StrategyMarketAnalysis | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |