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Criterion
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
Four paper stations connect system purpose, quality goals, risk cards and focused investigation with a target and gap profile.
Architecture
LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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.LASR helps development teams identify where their software falls short of important quality goals and which improvements to consider. A small group with existing system knowledge can make an initial assessment and investigate open questions in more detail.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Halber Tag pro Domain Slice1-5 Tage3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-4Nutzertraffic1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 peopleNutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteLean Mission Statement describing the software’s purpose, Prioritized quality goals and evaluation criteria, Risks and estimated gaps against quality goals, More closely examined findings and open checksClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision
Tagsno overlap
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
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