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| Criterion |  Agile Example Mapping |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Architecture Request for Comments |  Agile Specification by Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 20-40 min pro Story | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 60-90 min pro Feature |
Participantsdifferent | 3-7 | 3-6 | 3-20 Reviewer | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Example Table, Acceptance Tests |
Tagsno overlap | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development |