01.6 · Capability in Discovery

Domain understanding

Knowing the industry the product lives in: how work gets done, the language people use, the rules and the people involved.

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01.6.1Industry workflowsHow work actually gets done in the users' industry.
01.6.2Domain languageThe vocabulary and concepts experts in the field use.
01.6.3Domain constraintsThe rules, limits and realities a solution must respect.
01.6.4Stakeholders and buyersEveryone who uses, buys, approves or is affected by the product.

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Domain driven design ↗
Martin Fowler · 3 min
A short orientation to domain-driven design, the approach that puts the business domain at the center of the software.
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Ubiquitous language ↗
Martin Fowler · 2 min
Why developers and domain experts should share one precise vocabulary, and carry it into the code.
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Bounded context ↗
Martin Fowler · 3 min
The same word can mean different things in different parts of a business; this is how to draw those lines.

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