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Criterion
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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 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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min pro Story15-30 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-632-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Acceptance Criteria, Story UpdateClarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
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 Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example