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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Dual-Track Agile | ![]() Knowledge Modeling IBIS | ![]() Decision Making Argument Mapping | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Laufend, Wochen bis Monate | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | 1-8 | 1-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Discovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps |
Tagsno overlap | AgileDiscoveryDelivery | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | SensemakingDecisionRationale | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking |



