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Criterion
Paper illustration of Ontology Design Patterns with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Ontology Design Patterns
Paper illustration for Behavior Over Time Graph.
Systems Thinking
Behavior Over Time Graph
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Purposedifferent
Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles.A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots.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.
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MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h pro Pattern20-45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-61-102-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern DocumentationBehavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key EventsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
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OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling
Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration of NeOn Methodology with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
NeOn Methodology
Paper illustration of System Archetypes with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
System Archetypes
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram