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Criterion
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
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.When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min pro Story45-90 min2-5 min je Item30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-63-123-93-7
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Acceptance Criteria, Story UpdateWorking Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split CandidatesExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
TeamCollaborationAgile
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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