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| Criterion |  Agile Scrum |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Agile Specification by Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries. | When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 30-90 min | 20-40 min pro Story | 60-90 min pro Feature |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 3-12 | 3-6 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Example Table, Acceptance Tests |
Tagsno overlap | AgileIterationCadence | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development |