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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 Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
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 a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend45-90 min2-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
3-73-10 (Scrum Team)3-123-9
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsProduct Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalWorking Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
AgileIterationCadence
TeamCollaborationAgile
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
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