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| Criterion |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |  Product Strategy DIBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 90-180 min | 1-3 h pro Pattern | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-6 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis |