Bounded Contexts Versus Subdomains
Written by Oleksandr Sydorenko
Updated at May 5th, 2025
In Chapter 2, we saw that a business domain consists of multiple subdomains. So far in this chapter, we explored the notion of decomposing a business domain into a set of fine-grained problem domains or bounded contexts. At first, the two methods of decomposing business domains might seem redundant. However, that’s not the case. Let’s examine why we need both boundaries.