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Criterion
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of a MoSCoW board with four columns and a visible release boundary.
Delivery
MoSCoW
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 a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When a release carries too many demands and priorities are only ever negotiated, MoSCoW creates clear boundaries for the next cut. Must, Should, Could, and Won't make commitment, room for maneuver, and trade-off logic visible to everyone involved.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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MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h60-90 min30-90 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-103-123-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage MatrixProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentPrioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff NotesRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
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OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
PrioritizationScopeDecision
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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