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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 Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Purposedifferent
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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
2-8 h1-2 h60-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
5-124-124-104-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentProblem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis Questions
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
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