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Criterion
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
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
Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures.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.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.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
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h20-40 min pro Story1-2 Tage30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-61-43-7
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage MatrixAcceptance Criteria, Story UpdateArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
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OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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