Metaphor as boundary – Julia Petretta & Stuart Curran – DDD Europe 2021

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Domain-Driven Design Europe 2021 – June
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A Bounded Context is a central pattern in Domain-Driven Design. It is used to break down large models into more manageable units. But what about when a system is resistant to modelling due to constant, dynamic change? Systems thinking encourages us to change our point of view in order to assess complexity. One way to recover a human-scale perspective is to use a metaphor. The right metaphor, applied with integrity and care, can function as a “bounded perspective”.

To investigate this idea further, we would like to look at the metaphor of a lens as it applies to transformation. What are the metaphorical properties of a lens? How should we apply them? This lightning talk will use a quick-fire design dialogue to paint a picture of using a metaphor to investigate systems boundaries.

Julia is a multi-disciplinary designer, researcher and facilitator. A postgraduate in Systems Thinking (Open University), she is particularly focused on Transformation Design and Organisational Change.

Stuart is a designer and information architect currently working for ThoughtWorks shaping software and client experiences, whilst testing the boundaries of tolerance, meaning and purpose.

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