Storytelling is at the heart of human communication--why not use it to overcome costly misunderstandings when designing software? By telling and visualising stories, domain experts and team members make business processes and domain knowledge tangible. Domain Storytelling enables everyone to understand the relevant people, activities, and work items. With this guide, the method's inventors explain how domain experts and teams can work together to capture insights with simple pictographs, show their work, solicit feedback, and get everyone on the same page. <br/>
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Stefan Hofer and Henning Schwentner introduce the methods easy pictographic language, scenario-based modeling techniques, workshop format, and relationship to other modeling methods. Using step-by-step case studies, they guide you through solving many common problems:
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    <li>Fully align all project participants and stakeholders, both technical and business-focused </li>
    <li>Master a simple set of symbols and rules for modeling any process or workflow </li>
    <li>Use workshop-based collaborative modeling to find better solutions faster </li>
    <li>Draw clear boundaries to organise your domain, software, and teams </li>
    <li>Transform domain knowledge into requirements, embedded naturally into an agile process </li>
    <li>Move your models from diagrams and sticky notes to code </li>
    <li>Gain better visibility into your IT landscape so you can consolidate or optimise it</li>
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This guide is for everyone who wants more effective software--from developers, architects, and team leads to the domain experts, product owners, and executives who rely on it every day.

<i>List of Domain Stories xv<br>Series Editor Foreword xvii<br>Foreword xxi<br>Preface xxiii<br>Acknowledgments xxxi<br>About the Authors xxxiii</i><br><br><b>Part I: Domain Storytelling Explained 1<br><br>Chapter 1: Introduction 3</b><br>What Is Domain Storytelling? 3<br>Your First Domain Story 5<br><br><b>Chapter 2: The Pictographic Language 15</b><br>Actors 16<br>Work Objects 16<br>Activities 18<br>Sequence Numbers 18<br>Annotations 19<br>Modeling Canvas 20<br>Groups 22<br>Colors 24<br>No Conditionals 25<br>Putting It All Together 26<br>A Grammar for Domain Stories 27<br>Good Language Style 31<br><br><b>Chapter 3: Scenario-Based Modeling 37</b><br>What Are Scenarios? 37<br>Scenarios in Domain Storytelling 39<br>Concrete Examples as Scenarios 43<br>Keeping an Overview 43<br><br><b>Chapter 4: Scope 45</b><br>Granularity 45<br>Point in Time (As-Is vs. To-Be) 48<br>Domain Purity (Pure vs. Digitalized) 49<br>Combining the Scope Factors: A Typical Journey 51<br><br><b>Chapter 5: Modeling Tools 55</b><br>Modeling on Paper or Boards 55<br>Modeling with Software Tools 60<br>Choosing a Tool 63<br><br><b>Chapter 6: The Workshop Format 67</b><br>Before the Workshop 68<br>The Workshop 72<br>After the Workshop 79<br>To-Be Workshops 80<br>Remote Workshops 82<br>The Moderator 83<br>The Modeler as Separate Role 85<br>Moderated Mode vs. Co-Op Mode 85<br><br><b>Chapter 7: Relationship to Other Modeling Methods 87</b><br>Domain-Driven Design 87<br>EventStorming 89<br>User Story Mapping 91<br>Example Mapping 93<br>Storystorming 95<br>Use Cases 98<br>UML 99<br>BPMN 100<br>Summary 101<br><br><b>Part II: Using and Adapting Domain Storytelling for Different Purposes 103<br><br>Chapter 8: Case Study--Alphorn Auto Leasing Inc. 105</b><br>Explore Alphorn--The Domain as a Whole 106<br>Drill Down into Risk Assessment--Understanding an Important Subdomain 108<br>Clear Up Risk Assessment--Avoid Technical Jargon 109<br>Optimize Risk Assessment--The To-Be Process 111<br>Introduce New Software--Combine Business Processes with IT Support 111<br>Summary 112<br><br><b>Chapter 9: Learning Domain Language 115</b><br>Speaking and Listening to Understand Each Other 117<br>Organizations Speak Many Domain Languages 122<br>Using Natural Languages 124<br>Lost in Translation 126<br>What to Read Next? 126<br><br><b>Chapter 10: Finding Boundaries 129</b><br>The Joy of Multiple Models 131<br>A Heuristic for Finding Subdomains 132<br>From Subdomains to Bounded Contexts 138<br>From Context Boundaries to Team Boundaries 141<br>What to Read Next? 142<br><br><b>Chapter 11: Working with Requirements 145</b><br>Software Development as a Series of Conversations 148<br>From Domain Stories to Requirements 149<br>Adapt the Recipe 158<br>Limitations 158<br>What to Read Next? 159<br><br><b>Chapter 12: Modeling in Code 161</b><br>From Domain Stories to Domain Model 163<br>Implementing the Domain Model 170<br>What to Read Next? 179<br><br><b>Chapter 13: Supporting Organizational Change 181</b><br>Changing People's Workflows 183<br>Digitalizing Work 188<br>What to Read Next? 191<br><br><b>Chapter 14: Deciding Make or Buy and Choosing Off-the-Shelf Software 193</b><br>Understand the Processes of Off-the-Shelf Solutions 196<br>What to Read Next? 201<br><br><b>Chapter 15: Finding Shadow IT 203</b><br>Not Only Software Developers Develop Software 205<br>Making Hidden Software Systems Visible 205<br>What to Read Next? 209<br><br><b>Chapter 16: Conclusion 211</b><br>The Future of Domain Storytelling 211<br>The Essence of Domain Storytelling 212<br><br><b>Appendix: The History of Domain Storytelling 213</b><br><br><i>Glossary 219<br>Bibliography 221<br>Index 229</i>

Stefan Hofer

Henning Schwentner

Domain Storytelling: A Collaborative, Visual, and Agile Way to Build Domain-Driven Software

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Domain Storytelling: A Collaborative, Visual, and Agile Way to Build Domain-Driven Software, 1st edition