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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 of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
Operations
5 Whys
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.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
LowHighLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 minMehrere Tage bis Wochen15-30 min20-40 min pro Story
Participantsdifferent
3-72-62-63-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsRoot cause notes, CountermeasuresAcceptance Criteria, Story Update
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
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