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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Agile Example Mapping |  Innovation Brainstorming |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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 a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development. | When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 20-40 min pro Story |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-7 | 4-12 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Idea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development |