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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
A paper-based illustration representing Domain Storytelling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Domain Storytelling
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Purposedifferent
When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.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.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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
60-90 min2-6 h1-2 h2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
4-102-82-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentEvent Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read ModelsDomain Story, Glossary Notes, Process NarrativeProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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