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Criterion
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UX Design
Design Studio
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Agile
Example Mapping
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Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-60 min20-40 min pro Story
Participantsdifferent
3-83-73-6
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsAcceptance Criteria, Story Update
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
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Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
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Innovation
Design Charrette
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Agile
Working Agreements