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Role mapping

As explained in Collaborative Software Design: How to facilitate domain modeling decisions

A technique for identifying, categorizing, and relating the roles present in a group or session to reveal its underlying dynamics and polarities.

Role mapping identifies the roles present in a group session, then relates and categorizes them to reveal interactions, tensions, and the dominant polarity. section 10.3.2

Use the technique collaboratively:

  • Brainstorm all relevant roles, ensuring participants share a basic understanding of what a role is. section 10.3.2
  • Categorize roles by their interactions and by the ways they align or contrast. section 10.3.2
  • Group the categories into polarities so the dominant tension becomes visible and can inform a polarity map. section 10.3.2

How Collaborative Software Design: How to facilitate domain modeling decisions covers it

How deep it goes
Defines brainstorming, categorization, and polarity grouping, then stops at supplying input for a polarity map.
Examples
Uses group brainstorming, interaction categories, alignment contrasts, and polarity groupings as working artifacts.
What it assumes
Assumes participants understand what a role is before beginning identification and categorization.
What you can do after
Evaluate group dynamics and identify a dominant polarity for further polarity mapping.
How it connects
Connects collaborative modeling with Lewis Deep Democracy and polarity mapping.
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