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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Agile Example Mapping |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-7 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |