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| Criterion |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |  Knowledge Modeling Domain Storytelling |  Innovation Starbursting |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-8 h | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 2-8 | 3-10 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions | Domain Story, Glossary Notes, Process Narrative | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop | KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |