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Criterion
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
A paper-based illustration representing Domain Storytelling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Domain Storytelling
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-120 min1-2 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-62-81-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Observation Notes, Improvement IdeasDomain Story, Glossary Notes, Process NarrativeArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
LeanObservationProcessOperations
KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop