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Criterion
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
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
Paper illustration of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
Purposedifferent
When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.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.When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min2-8 h1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-85-122-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsOpportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
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Affinity Diagramming
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A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
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