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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  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. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | 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 | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-6 h | 30-60 min | 5-15 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-10 | 3-20 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |