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Paper illustration of Shape-first Modeling with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Shape-First Modeling
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
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.When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list.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
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Halber Tag pro Domain Slice30-60 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
1-42-82-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationICE Table, Top Idea ListCompetency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix
Tagsno overlap
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
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Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix