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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
A paper-based illustration representing Domain Storytelling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Domain Storytelling
Process Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Operations
Process Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
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.With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots.Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-8 h1-2 h1-3 h2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
5-122-83-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsDomain Story, Glossary Notes, Process NarrativeProcess Map, Handoff List, Improvement BacklogEvent Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
ProcessOperationsImprovement
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
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