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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
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
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 several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-8 h1-3 h90-180 min initial, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
5-122-83-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesKPI Tree, Owner ListAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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