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Paper illustration of Shape-first Modeling with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Shape-First Modeling
Paper illustration of Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
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Timedifferent
Halber Tag pro Domain SliceStunden bis wenige Tage1-4 Wochen
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationPretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decisionExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
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Fake Door Test
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 Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions