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Criterion
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration of Shape-first Modeling with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Shape-First Modeling
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
Purposedifferent
The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.Shape-First Modeling defines data quality through shapes before implementation or integration frays at the edges. The approach fits when validation and data contracts should be part of the design from the start.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 minHalber Tag pro Domain Slice2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-81-42-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsSHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationCompetency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix
Tagsno overlap
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
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Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration of Linked Open Terms with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Linked Open Terms
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Knowledge Modeling
NeOn Methodology