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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |  Knowledge Modeling Domain Storytelling |  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. | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. | 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. | 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 | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-6 h | 1-3 h | 1-2 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | Domain Story, Glossary Notes, Process Narrative | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | KnowledgeMappingRisk | KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |