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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 of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
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.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.When a business context is still loosely outlined, it shapes language, responsibility, and integration space. It clarifies what belongs together and where a boundary needs to hold.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-82-4 pro Pitch3-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Domain Story, Glossary Notes, Process NarrativePitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesContext Canvas, Glossary, Integration NotesContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
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