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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 Strategic-Tactical-Operational Planning with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategic, Tactical and Operational Planning
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
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.It places decisions and artifacts at the right level. Strategic planning clarifies direction, tactical planning translates it into programs, and operational planning steers concrete processes.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 a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min90-180 min60-90 min pro Feature1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-74-123-63-10 (Scrum Team)
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsPlanning Levels Map, Cadence Model, Planning Artifact InventoryExample Table, Acceptance TestsProduct Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
CadenceGovernanceExecution
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
AgileIterationCadence
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