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Paper illustration of Property Graph Schema Design with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Property Graph Schema Design
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration of Shape-first Modeling with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Shape-First Modeling
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Purposedifferent
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.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.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.ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
4-8 h initial, dann iterativ60-90 minHalber Tag pro Domain Slice2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional
Participantsdifferent
1-64-121-4Designers, developers as users, and facilitation
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Schema Diagram, Node and Relationship Catalog, Index Plan, Migration Scripts, Sample QueriesAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogSHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions
Tagsno overlap
Knowledge graphModelingSemantic
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
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