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Criterion
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Purposedifferent
IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.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 three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 h2-8 h15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-85-305-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Issue Map, Positions, Argument NotesConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators
Tagsno overlap
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
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