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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
Paper illustration of NeOn Methodology with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
NeOn Methodology
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
Purposedifferent
When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency.The NeOn Methodology structures ontology work as a controlled process with reuse, scenarios, and reviews. It is useful when ontologies should not emerge ad hoc but modularly and reusably.The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 minMehrere Wochen bis Monate1-2 h2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-102-103-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesOntology Requirements Specification, Reuse Plan, Ontology Modules, Evaluation ReportArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesCompetency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix
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ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
OntologyMethodologyReuseSemanticEngineering
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
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