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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 Problem Interview
Product Discovery
Problem Interview
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration of Dual Track Agile with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile
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 the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution.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.When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min30-60 min je Interview60-90 min pro FeatureLaufend, Wochen bis Monate
Participantsdifferent
3-75-12 Interviews3-64-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsProblem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer SegmentsExample Table, Acceptance TestsDiscovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
DiscoveryInterviewsValidation
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
AgileDiscoveryDelivery
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