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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
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
Paper illustration for PERT Estimation.
Decision Making
PERT Estimation
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.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.On complex initiatives, a plain average tends to understate just how uncertain the outcome really is. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a PERT Estimate, Expected Value, and Risk Notes.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-8 h2-6 h15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
5-122-81-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsEvent Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read ModelsPERT Estimate, Expected Value, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
EstimationUncertaintyRisk
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting