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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
Purposedifferent
Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-6 h30-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-123-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read ModelsBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesContext Canvas, Glossary, Integration Notes
Tagsno overlap
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling
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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration for Domain Context Map
Domain Modeling
Domain Context Map
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