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| Criterion |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Half day | 1-3 h pro Pattern |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling |
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