---
title: "Design bounded contexts by looking at the one-way flow of orange sticky notes during a big picture EventStorming"
source: "https://virtualddd.com/heuristics/design-bounded-contexts-by-looking-at-the-one-way-flow-of-orange-sticky-notes-during-a-big-picture-eventstorming/"
authors: ["Kenny Schwegler"]
tags: ["eventstorming", "bounded context"]
type: "design heuristics"
question: "How can I distil bounded context after an EventStorming session?"
submitter: "Kenny Schwegler"
---

# Design bounded contexts by looking at the one-way flow of orange sticky notes during a big picture EventStorming

## Short description

From a big picture EventStorming workshop, looking for one-way flow of orange stickies, and puth them in the same boundary.

## Examples

- A new hotel is created.

- The hotel images were uploaded.

- The hotel pricing is done.

- The hotel pricing is approved.

- The hotel marked as ready for reserve.

- The room was reserved.

- The room was released.

## Context

When a domain experts puts a train of orange sticky notes back to back on the wall in the same swimlane, this mean he/she is working on the same related concepts which allighn a business line in which he/she operates.