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Criterion
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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 Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Purposedifferent
When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-60 min20-40 min pro Story
Participantsdifferent
1-83-73-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsAcceptance Criteria, Story Update
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SensemakingDecisionRationale
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
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Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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Specification by Example
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Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop
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Knowledge Modeling
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Decision Making
Red Teaming