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Criterion
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 for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Purposedifferent
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 many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min10-20 min20-40 min pro Story
Participantsdifferent
3-74-100+3-6
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesAcceptance Criteria, Story Update
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
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Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique