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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 Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
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Timedifferent
30-60 min60-90 min45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-74-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example