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Paper illustration of Shape-first Modeling with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Shape-First Modeling
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag pro Domain Slice1-5 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-4Nutzertraffic2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
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