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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 for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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.When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-8 h60-120 min60-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
5-124-104-104-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsProblem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis QuestionsProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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