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Criterion
Story Splitting method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Story Splitting
Paper illustration for Domain Context Map
Domain Modeling
Domain Context Map
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Purposedifferent
When a story becomes too large for a clean flow, it breaks scope down along value and risk. It shapes the work into a form that ships earlier and is easier to verify.When a domain model and its associated contexts need to be thought through together, it creates a shared overview. It connects the business view and organizational boundary into a readable whole.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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 h1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-63-103-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split RationaleDomain Context Map, Boundary Notes, Ownership MapContext Canvas, Glossary, Integration NotesCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
BacklogIterationDelivery
Domain-Driven DesignContextBoundaries
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesModeling
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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