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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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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
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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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.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
LowMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 h1-4 h60-90 min pro Feature
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
SensemakingDecisionRationale
RiskDecisionSensemaking
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
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