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Criterion
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Agile
Example Mapping
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UX Research
User Interviews
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Product Discovery
Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas
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 teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.When many hypotheses compete for attention, it brings order to their learning sequence and importance. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritization canvas and a hypothesis backlog.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min30–60 min per interview60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-71 participant per interview3-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsInterview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryPrioritization Canvas, Hypothesis Backlog
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
ExperimentsPrioritizationDiscoveryHypothesis
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
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Agile
Specification by Example
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Product Discovery
Test Card