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Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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Decision Making
RAPID
Purposedifferent
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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h15-45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-33-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage MatrixADR File, Decision Log, RationaleRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
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OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernance
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Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping