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| Criterion |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Agile Ideal Days |  Agile Specification by Example |
|---|---|---|---|
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 effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats. | When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min pro Story | 15-60 min | 60-90 min pro Feature |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 2-9 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats | Example Table, Acceptance Tests |
Tags1 shared | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | EstimationEffortAgile | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development |
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