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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Shape-First Modeling |  Decision Making Red Teaming |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag pro Domain Slice | 1-4 h | 2-4 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape Documentation | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | Knowledge graphValidationSemantic | RiskDecisionSensemaking | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |