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Criterion
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
Purposedifferent
When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.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.When a business context is still loosely outlined, it shapes language, responsibility, and integration space. It clarifies what belongs together and where a boundary needs to hold.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMedium
Timedifferent
15-60 minHalf day1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-93-123-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsLeverage Map, Action StrategyContext Canvas, Glossary, Integration Notes
Tagsno overlap
EstimationEffortAgile
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling
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Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
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Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Domain Context Map
Domain Modeling
Domain Context Map
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation