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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
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
Purposedifferent
When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend30-90 min60-90 min pro Feature30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-153-123-63-7
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesExample Table, Acceptance TestsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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