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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Agile Example Mapping |  Agile Three Amigos |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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 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 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 30-60 min | 15-30 min | 20-40 min pro Story |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-7 | 3 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development |