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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching tree with an outcome at its root, customer opportunities, solution options and small experiment cards.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Solution Tree
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
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 Dual Track Agile with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile
Purposedifferent
When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure.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.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 uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufend60-90 min pro Feature30-60 minLaufend, Wochen bis Monate
Participantsdifferent
2-63-63-74-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning LogExample Table, Acceptance TestsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsDiscovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories
Tagsno overlap
DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
AgileDiscoveryDelivery
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