SOFTWARE DESIGN

Grocery Order Event Storming

This event storming diagram maps a grocery delivery order from checkout to delivery. Blue nodes are commands that request work, orange nodes are facts that happened, and the green node is a policy that reacts to the order being placed. The simple chain is a useful opening model because the group can ask where exceptions, ownership, and external systems belong. In a workshop, add cancellation, substitutions, out-of-stock handling, and refund events only after the happy path is agreed. Keep the event names concrete and in the past tense so participants can distinguish a recorded business fact from an instruction. Review the underlying definitions and totals before using this view to make an operational decision.

UPDATED 2026-09-25
EXAMPLEGrocery Order Event Storming
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CASE ANALYSIS

Scenario

Grocery delivery domain discovery

Key decisions

  • Name facts: Keep events in past tense.
  • Separate triggers: Show commands separately from events.
  • Expose policy: Make payment authorization explicit.

When to reuse this

Use for a chronological workshop map of a bounded business process.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Why are events orange?01
Orange is a common event-storming convention for facts that occurred.
What is the payment policy?02
It reacts to Order placed by initiating payment authorization.
Where do exceptions go?03
Add them as separate commands and past-tense events branching from the relevant point.
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