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A paper-based illustration representing Domain Storytelling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Domain Storytelling
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Purposedifferent
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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h30-60 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-82-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Domain Story, Glossary Notes, Process NarrativeDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogIssue Map, Positions, Argument Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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Decision Making
RAPID
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Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping