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Criterion
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.
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MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-2 h5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-123-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage MatrixAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
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OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping