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| Criterion | ![]() Innovation Starbursting | ![]() Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis | ![]() Domain Modeling EventStorming |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 2-8 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-8 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop |
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