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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
Purposedifferent
When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic.
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MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min15-45 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-81-32-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleEvent Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models
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OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
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Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
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
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis