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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Agile Example Mapping |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Agile Specification by Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | 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 | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 60-90 min pro Feature |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-7 | 3-10 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Example Table, Acceptance Tests |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development |