---
title: "EventStorming: Split and merge above 7 people on process and design level"
source: "https://virtualddd.com/heuristics/eventstorming-split-and-merge-above-7-people/"
authors: ["Kenny Schwegler"]
tags: ["eventstorming", "sociotechnical systems", "collaborative modelling", "collaborative software design"]
type: "guiding heuristics"
question: "How many people can we have during an EventStorming?"
submitter: "Kenny Schwegler"
---

# EventStorming: Split and merge above 7 people on process and design level

Have a maximum of 7 people for a process or a design leven EventStoming. We want to split and merge when we have more than 7 people.

## Examples

1. Doing a process or design level EventStorming.

2. With a big picture EventStorming we never split and merge.

## Context

Setting up for a process or design level EventStorming.