DDD and repositories. Without nHibernate but with lazy loading

Domain driven design has become a very prominent way to develop software. A central domain model is used by all participants. To the end user it is a representation of the real world. To the coder the model is a class model, working with the real domain world boils down to instantiating objects from these classes. In meetings we find ourselves often discussing a Visual Studio class diagram. Nothing fancy, but it works quite well. The domain user recognizes her entities, their data and behavior, the developer recognizes his classes, properties and methods.