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Criterion
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
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 for Root Cause Tree Analysis
Operations
Root Cause Tree Analysis
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
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 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.For a problem with several suspected causes, the method builds a causal structure instead of a mere list. It makes visible how causes connect and where the strongest points of leverage lie.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h30-60 min1-3 h15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-72-83
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage MatrixExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsCause Tree, Evidence Notes, CountermeasuresClarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
Root causeTreeIncidentQuality
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
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