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Aug 22, 2026 · R&D Management

From Vague Requirements to Verifiable Business Scenarios: A 7-Step Ontology Research Method

This article outlines a seven-step business research methodology for ontology modeling, transforming vague requirements into clear, verifiable business scenarios by distinguishing facts, rules, judgments, and hypotheses, evaluating candidate opportunities, defining value narratives and boundaries, and producing a scenario definition card as a modeling input.