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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Shape-First Modeling |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |  Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. | Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag pro Domain Slice | 2-4 h | 1-5 Tage | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 3-8 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape Documentation | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | Knowledge graphValidationSemantic | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking |