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A paper-based illustration representing Domain Storytelling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Domain Storytelling
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Process Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Operations
Process Mapping
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.When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots.
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1-2 h2-8 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
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Domain Story, Glossary Notes, Process NarrativeEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsProcess Map, Handoff List, Improvement Backlog
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KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
ProcessOperationsImprovement
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Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting