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Selected:ALPEN MethodARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)NeOn MethodologyCompetency Questions
| Criterion |  Operations ALPEN Method |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Knowledge Modeling NeOn Methodology |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. | The NeOn Methodology structures ontology work as a controlled process with reuse, scenarios, and reviews. It is useful when ontologies should not emerge ad hoc but modularly and reusably. | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 10-20 min daily | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | Mehrere Wochen bis Monate | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 2-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Ontology Requirements Specification, Reuse Plan, Ontology Modules, Evaluation Report | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | OntologyMethodologyReuseSemanticEngineering | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic |