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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
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
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 several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.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
HighMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Half day1-3 h30-60 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
3-122-83-105-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
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