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Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
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
Purposedifferent
Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h60-90 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
3-124-125-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeMappingRisk
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
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