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| Criterion |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |  Decision Making Red Teaming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 2-4 h | 1-2 h | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking | RiskDecisionSensemaking |