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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
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Architecture
arc42
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Architecture
Views and Beyond
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.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-2 Tage1-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-71-41-4
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
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Architecture
Architecture Decision Record