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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Ontology Design Patterns with its method-specific working model.
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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles.
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LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min1-3 h1-3 h pro Pattern
Participantsdifferent
4-105-301-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasSelected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling
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Paper illustration of NeOn Methodology with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
NeOn Methodology
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions