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| Criterion |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |  Knowledge Modeling Domain Storytelling |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Domain Storytelling translates domain knowledge into a shared narrative of actors, objects, and workflows. It is especially useful when language, rules, and process understanding must be tightly connected. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-8 h | 1-2 h | 45-90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions | Domain Story, Glossary Notes, Process Narrative | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop | KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |