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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 Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality 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.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.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
MediumHighHighMedium
Timedifferent
2-8 hHalf day2-4 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
5-123-123-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsLeverage Map, Action StrategyFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
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