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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
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
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 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.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHighMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min15-30 min1-4 h60-90 min pro Feature
Participantsdifferent
3-732-83-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsClarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
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