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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 an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Concierge MVP
Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Halber Tag pro Domain Slice45-90 min1-4 Wochen2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
1-42-83-10 Kunden2-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP RisksCompetency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix
Tagsno overlap
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
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