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| Criterion |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Agile Example Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min pro Story | 15-45 min | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 1-3 | 1-8 | 3-7 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | SensemakingDecisionRationale | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement |