clustering-words-kata

A small, text-only kata to practice clustering related words as a way to suggest bounded contexts by sub-domains

The word list

lead
vehicle
stolen-cards
frequent-customer
itinerary
recipient
recommendation-tags
address
delivery-slot
market-segment
listed-product
warehouse-staffing
stolen-credentials
prospect
high-risk-products
brand-identity
loyalty-program
address-geolocation
reward
campaign
delivery-instructions
flagged-transaction
loyalty-event-list
parcel
display-category
acceptance-form
VIP-status
listed-price
catalog

Steps (aka your task, ideally for small groups, ideally on a shared whiteboard)

You may first want to copy the word list into a shared whiteboard

1. Group words that are related into 5 clusters, considered as potential sub-domains
2. Propose a domain name for each cluster
3. Check each cluster/sub-domain has a clear & distinct purpose (or rename accordingly if necessary)

Then discuss & debrief together:

• You probably alreaady know how to do most of this kind of clustering / spot the sub-domains
• You could do just that on the fields & methods of your classes, or on your DB table columns in your project to help you split entities by sub-domains.