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| Criterion |  Agile Example Mapping |  Operations Gemba Walk |  Agile Three Amigos |  Operations A3 Problem Solving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions. | When story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process. | For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 30-120 min | 15-30 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-7 | 2-6 | 3 | 2-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Observation Notes, Improvement Ideas | Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions | A3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis |
Tagsno overlap | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | LeanObservationProcessOperations | CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement | LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations |