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Criterion
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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
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Timedifferent
20-40 min pro Story45-90 min60-90 min pro Feature
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Acceptance Criteria, Story UpdateImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
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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
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning