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| Criterion | ![]() Product Discovery Context Canvas | ![]() Delivery Shape Up | ![]() Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop | ![]() Agile Example Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 20-40 min pro Story | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-4 pro Pitch | 3-6 | 3-7 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement |



