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Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change 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.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-120 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-82-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Context Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
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A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration for Domain Context Map
Domain Modeling
Domain Context Map
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis