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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 of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
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.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-6 h30-60 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-103-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read ModelsStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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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 for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette