Finding System Boundaries with Domain Storytelling
summary
Domain Storytelling is a workshop technique that records concrete sequences with a pictographic kit and an open‑source modeling tool (it even plays stories step by step) to reveal where domain activities cluster. Example: port work splits into cartography (sounding ships → contour maps, daily updates) and maneuver planning (placing ship silhouettes, captain requests); indicators for separate boundaries are one‑way information flow, different triggers, and different meanings of the word “ship.” The method uncovers lost domain vocabulary and drove a working touchscreen app replacing paper charts.
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- 0:00Start
- 1:04Questions? Chat!
- 1:54An additional tool for your modeling toolbox
- 14:093 good examples are better than 1 bad abstraction
- 20:13Domain Storytelling for Finding Boundaries
- 22:13belong together shape boundaries
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