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Criterion
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment 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 roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min pro Story45-90 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-63-123-154-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Acceptance Criteria, Story UpdateExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, AgreementsROAM Board, Owner ListAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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