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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Knowledge Modeling Property Graph Schema Design |  Knowledge Modeling Shape-First Modeling |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | Property Graph Schema Design turns business and technical requirements into a robust graph schema. It fits when query patterns, constraints, and migrations need to be thought about together. | Shape-First Modeling defines data quality through shapes before implementation or integration frays at the edges. The approach fits when validation and data contracts should be part of the design from the start. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-60 min | 4-8 h initial, dann iterativ | Halber Tag pro Domain Slice | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Schema Diagram, Node and Relationship Catalog, Index Plan, Migration Scripts, Sample Queries | SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape Documentation | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | Knowledge graphModelingSemantic | Knowledge graphValidationSemantic | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |