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Criterion
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.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
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min pro Story1-2 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-64-123-7
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Acceptance Criteria, Story UpdateAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model