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| Criterion |  DevOps ChatOps |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Agile Three Amigos |  Agile Specification by Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For operational work in a distributed team, the method links communication with direct system control. It records decisions right where the signal, the context, and the execution come together. | 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. | 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 | Ongoing | 20-40 min pro Story | 15-30 min | 60-90 min pro Feature |
Participantsdifferent | 2-20 | 3-6 | 3 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Chat Transcript, Action Log, Automations | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions | Example Table, Acceptance Tests |
Tagsno overlap | CollaborationEngineeringIncident | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development |