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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 Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-6 h30-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-82-81-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read ModelsConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
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 an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS