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| Criterion |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Agile Example Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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 | High | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 20-40 min pro Story | 45-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 6-30 Experten | 3-6 | 2-8 | 3-7 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement |