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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Decision Jam | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 1-2 h | 1-3 h pro Pattern |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 4-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling |
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