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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 DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
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.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-8 h1-2 h30-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
5-122-81-62-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
DecisionTreeOptions
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
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