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Criterion
Paper illustration for Domain Context Map
Domain Modeling
Domain Context Map
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a domain model and its associated contexts need to be thought through together, it creates a shared overview. It connects the business view and organizational boundary into a readable whole.The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h60-120 minHalf day1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-103-103-123-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Domain Context Map, Boundary Notes, Ownership MapFutures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsLeverage Map, Action StrategySystem Map, Dependencies, Leverage Points
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignContextBoundaries
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
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