Domain Blueprint
Align tech and business on a shared model — through collaborative workshops adapted to your domain and context.
The problem
Modelling debt builds up silently. Developers talk entities, tables and services — the business talks customers, orders and journeys. Over time, the code no longer reflects the actual domain, every new feature takes longer and carries more risk, and misunderstandings between tech and business multiply.
The result: endless meetings to align on the obvious, bugs born from wrong abstractions, and a product that slowly drifts away from what the business actually needs.
AI can't guess your business domain
Without an explicit domain model, your AI tools — Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT — generate syntactically correct code that is disconnected from your business rules, domain invariants and actual user needs. AI amplifies what already exists: with good abstractions, it accelerates good work. With bad abstractions, it accelerates technical debt.
What AI cannot guess
Implicit business rules, edge cases, terms that carry a specific meaning in your context. Without explicit input, AI invents — and the generated code reinforces already-flawed abstractions. The result: apparent velocity that silently compounds debt.
What Domain Blueprint makes possible
The Ubiquitous Language dictionary, Domain Map and Context Map become the structured context you feed to your AI tools. Documentation generated in the right vocabulary, architecture that respects domain boundaries, code that truly reflects your business.
The workshops
2 to 5 sessions selected and sequenced based on your context, domain and team maturity.
Event Storming
Map business flows and domain events with all stakeholders. The most powerful format for surfacing blind spots and aligning collective understanding.
Domain Modeling
Model the key entities, aggregates and relationships in the domain. Build a shared model grounded in the real language of your business.
Context Mapping
Define boundaries between subdomains and map their dependencies. Identify bounded contexts and friction points in the architecture.
Data Sketching
Explore data, its structure and flows across the domain. Align the data vision between technical and business teams.
Custom workshops
Additional formats as needed: Example Mapping, Boris, Reverse Engineering… Adapted to your organisation's specific context.
How it works
Scoping
Understanding context, challenges and scope. Selection and sequencing of the most relevant workshops for your situation.
Collaborative workshops
2 to 5 sessions on-site or remote. Depending on group size and objectives, I facilitate solo or paired with another coach.
Debrief
Presentation of deliverables, observations on group dynamics, and identification of areas worth exploring further.
Deliverables
Ubiquitous Language dictionary
The shared language documented: key domain terms, their precise definitions, and how they are used in both code and business.
Domain Map & Context Map
Visual map of the domain, its subdomains and their relationships. A concrete foundation for architecture decisions.
Debrief report
What surfaced, what remains unclear, what could not be addressed. Observations on group dynamics and cross-team collaboration.
Collective alignment
The main deliverable: a tech and business team that speaks the same language and shares a common understanding of the domain.