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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-6 h | 30-90 min | 2-8 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 5-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | DecisionTreeOptions | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |