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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
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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.After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights.During an acute incident with several people involved, the method creates a clear leadership and communication structure. It reduces chaos when fast coordination and clean situational awareness are both needed at once.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
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 hAs needed60-90 min pro Feature
Participantsdifferent
3-73-104-153-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement ActionsIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
IncidentOperationsReliability
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
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