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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 Shape-first Modeling with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Shape-First Modeling
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Concierge MVP
Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
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.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.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 an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 minHalber Tag pro Domain Slice45-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-101-42-83-10 Kunden
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesSHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks
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ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
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