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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 Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
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.Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points.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.PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 h60-90 min pro Feature1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-72-83-62-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsFive Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsExample Table, Acceptance TestsPESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
StrategyCompetitionMarket
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
StrategyMarketAnalysis
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