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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 2-4 h | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |
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