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Criterion
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
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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 opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities.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
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min pro Story30-60 min je Interview60-90 min pro Feature
Participantsdifferent
3-65-12 Interviews3-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Acceptance Criteria, Story UpdateInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
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
Paper illustration of Dual Track Agile with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile
Paper illustration of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
Paper illustration for Problem Interview
Product Discovery
Problem Interview