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Criterion
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UX Design
Design Studio
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
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 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.When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h15-30 min60-90 min pro Feature
Participantsdifferent
3-833-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsClarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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 of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements