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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 of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
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.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-8 hHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
5-1210-504-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tags1 shared
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming