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| Criterion |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Agile Story Points |  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 teams want to rate complexity rather than hours, it creates a shared, relative scale. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Point Estimates, Reference Stories, and Velocity Data. | 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 | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min pro Story | laufend, 1-5 min je Item | 60-90 min pro Feature |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 3-9 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data | Example Table, Acceptance Tests |
Tags1 shared | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | EstimationAgileMeasurement | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development |
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