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Criterion
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of NeOn Methodology with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
NeOn Methodology
Purposedifferent
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.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.
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Timedifferent
45-90 min2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additionalMehrere Wochen bis Monate
Participantsdifferent
2-8Designers, developers as users, and facilitation2-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsOntology Requirements Specification, Reuse Plan, Ontology Modules, Evaluation Report
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AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
OntologyMethodologyReuseSemanticEngineering
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of Linked Open Terms with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Linked Open Terms
Paper illustration of Ontology Design Patterns with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Ontology Design Patterns
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming