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| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Knowledge Modeling Shape-First Modeling |  Knowledge Modeling Property Graph Schema Design |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | 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. | Property Graph Schema Design turns business and technical requirements into a robust graph schema. It fits when query patterns, constraints, and migrations need to be thought about 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | Halber Tag pro Domain Slice | 4-8 h initial, dann iterativ | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-4 | 1-6 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape Documentation | Schema Diagram, Node and Relationship Catalog, Index Plan, Migration Scripts, Sample Queries | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | Knowledge graphValidationSemantic | Knowledge graphModelingSemantic | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic |