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| Criterion |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Agile Example Mapping |  Operations Kepner-Tregoe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | 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. | For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min pro Story | 60-90 min | 30-60 min | 2-8 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 4-10 | 3-7 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Problem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan |
Tagsno overlap | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations |