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| Criterion | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Shape-First Modeling | ![]() Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping | ![]() Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud | ![]() 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. | 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. | 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 | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag pro Domain Slice | 1-5 Tage | 60-120 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape Documentation | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix |
Tagsno overlap | Knowledge graphValidationSemantic | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic |



