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Criterion
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
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 an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Purposedifferent
In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-72-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
ChangeDecisionStrategy
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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Product Strategy
DIBB
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Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example