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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 Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.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.
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1-2 h1-3 h15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-121-3
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Domain Story, Glossary Notes, Process NarrativeKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
KnowledgeMappingRisk
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS