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Paper illustration of Shape-first Modeling with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Shape-First Modeling
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Concierge MVP
Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
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.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.When an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution.
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MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Halber Tag pro Domain Slice45-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-42-83-10 Kunden
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks
Tagsno overlap
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB