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| Criterion |  Agile Example Mapping |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  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 a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 20-40 min pro Story |
Participantsdifferent | 3-7 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update |
Tagsno overlap | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | IdeationInnovationCreativity | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development |