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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Agile Example Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 20-40 min pro Story | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-6 | 3-7 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement |
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