Software → Software Architecture
Context Map
A strategic DDD diagram that shows bounded contexts and the relationships or integration patterns between them.
Motivation
A Context Map makes the boundaries between domain models visible and explains how teams and systems collaborate across them.
Typical relationships
Maps may describe upstream and downstream dependencies, customer-supplier relationships, conformist relationships, anti-corruption layers, shared kernels, or separate ways.
Common mistakes
- Drawing services without explaining domain boundaries.
- Omitting ownership and direction of influence.
- Treating the map as a static organisation chart.