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Criterion
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 of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-8 h1-3 h45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
5-125-302-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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