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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 of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
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.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h15-30 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-64-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Domain Story, Glossary Notes, Process NarrativeEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
PrioritizationFocusTasks
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
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Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
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Operations
Eat the Frog