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Criterion
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic.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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-180 min2-6 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
4-202-81-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking NotesEvent Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read ModelsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
ComplexitySensemakingDecision
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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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
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology