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Criterion
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Purposedifferent
DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.When a business context is still loosely outlined, it shapes language, responsibility, and integration space. It clarifies what belongs together and where a boundary needs to hold.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 h60–90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-82-82-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportContext Canvas, Glossary, Integration NotesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes
Tagsno overlap
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
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