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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 1-3 h pro Pattern | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |
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