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Criterion
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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
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.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min pro Story1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-63-20 Reviewer2-103-7
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Acceptance Criteria, Story UpdateRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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