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| Criterion |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Agile Example Mapping |  Agile Three Amigos |  Agile Specification by Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-60 min | 15-30 min | 60-90 min pro Feature |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-7 | 3 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions | Example Table, Acceptance Tests |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development |