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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 Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
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 several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements.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 story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 minHalf day60-90 min pro Feature15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
3-7Team-Leads plus Architecture3-63
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairExample Table, Acceptance TestsClarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
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