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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 Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument 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.Soft Systems Methodology helps explore unclear or politically charged problems systematically. Instead of forcing a quick answer, the method builds a shared understanding of perspectives and room for action.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
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Timedifferent
1-2 h0.5-3 Tage1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Domain Story, Glossary Notes, Process NarrativeRich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change AgendaArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming