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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Domain Storytelling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Domain Storytelling
Paper illustration for Golden Path
Engineering
Golden Path
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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.When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.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
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 Tage Setup, laufend15-45 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-82-81-32-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Domain Story, Glossary Notes, Process NarrativeGolden Path Guide, Templates, Quality ChecksADR File, Decision Log, RationaleIssue Map, Positions, Argument Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
EngineeringProductivityGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
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