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Criterion
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
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 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.For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.When story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumHighLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min pro Story60-90 min pro Feature2-6 h15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Acceptance Criteria, Story UpdateExample Table, Acceptance TestsFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation ActionsClarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
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