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Criterion
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific 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.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.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 h1-3 h60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-82-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Power Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderContext Canvas, Glossary, Integration NotesContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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