Event Storming — Our Foundation for Successful Software Projects
Developing sustainable software solutions requires a deep understanding of the underlying processes. However, there is often no unified view of the relevant workflows across departments. These blind spots pose a risk of unexpected changes in requirements during the project, which can lead to development delays and increased costs.
With our Event Storming workshop, we create transparency, a shared understanding of your processes within the team, and thus the foundation for successful and sustainable software solutions.
What Our Event Storming Workshop Offers You
Event Storming is a collaborative workshop method used to visualize and structure complex processes. We particularly use Event Storming when large and complex topics need to be quickly analyzed and understood. This is especially the case for new software initiatives related to existing processes, such as digital transformation and software migrations. Event Storming is also an excellent tool for identifying opportunities and problems within existing processes.
An Event Storming workshop offers you the following benefits:
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Comprehensive Visualization of Your Business Processes
In the workshop, all relevant process steps are clearly and transparently mapped. This gives you a complete overview of strengths, weaknesses, and optimization opportunities within your company.
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Cross-Departmental Process Understanding
Through the collaboration of all participants, a shared understanding of your processes is developed, reducing misunderstandings and communication gaps. This lays the foundation for smooth collaboration and successful project implementation.
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Foundation for Developing Tailored Software Solutions
A clear understanding of your processes and the optimization potentials identified in the workshop enable you to develop customized and sustainable software solutions that meet your specific requirements.
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Minimization of Project Risks
In the workshop, we uncover nearly all blind spots and identify potential project risks early on. This helps you avoid unwanted surprises during the project, such as delays and unexpected costs, and establishes a basis for a predictable and efficient project implementation.
Why We Use Event Storming
No prior knowledge is required to participate in an Event Storming workshop. You don't need technical expertise or special tools. This makes it possible to involve all relevant stakeholders in the workshop — which is essential for breaking down knowledge silos and creating a shared, holistic understanding of your processes. The active participation of all stakeholders also fosters a shared sense of “ownership” of the overall process, promoting constructive teamwork.
The outcome of an Event Storming workshop — a visual representation of your processes, including all involved actors and external systems — makes it easy to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and potential issues. It also serves as the perfect foundation for modeling custom software components tailored precisely to your company's requirements.
How Our Event Storming Workshop Works
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Duration
We plan one working day for our Event Storming workshop. However, the duration strongly depends on your specific requirements and the complexity of your processes.
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Participants
For an effective workshop that transparently lays out all subprocesses, it is essential that all relevant stakeholders participate. Typically, this means at least one representative from each involved department attends the workshop.
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Execution
No prior knowledge is required on your part. During the workshop, we use sticky notes to model your processes as a sequence of events. This allows us to make complex processes understandable in a simple way, ensuring that all participants leave the workshop with a shared understanding of the processes.
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Outcome
After the workshop, you will receive a detailed report of the workshop results. This includes visual documentation of your processes and — depending on the workshop’s focus — a neutral overall assessment of your workflows, specific recommendations for further development, resulting work packages, and effort estimation.
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