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| Criterion |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  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. | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. | 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 | 1-2 h | 60-90 min pro Feature |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 3-10 | 3-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Example Table, Acceptance Tests |
Tagsno overlap | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development |
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