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Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
Paper illustration of Shape-first Modeling with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Shape-First Modeling
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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.Shape-First Modeling defines data quality through shapes before implementation or integration frays at the edges. The approach fits when validation and data contracts should be part of the design from the start.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 hHalber Tag pro Domain Slice60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-42-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage MatrixSHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Architecture Inception Canvas
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
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ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
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ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)