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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape-first Modeling with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Shape-First Modeling
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Purposedifferent
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.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.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.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
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Timedifferent
Halber Tag pro Domain Slice45-90 min2-4 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-42-82-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesCompetency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage MatrixExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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