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Criterion
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
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
Paper illustration for Domain Context Map
Domain Modeling
Domain Context Map
Purposedifferent
Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.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 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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 hHalf day2-8 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-123-125-123-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsLeverage Map, Action StrategyEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsDomain Context Map, Boundary Notes, Ownership Map
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
Domain-Driven DesignContextBoundaries
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