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| Criterion |  Agile Scrum |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Agile Specification by Example |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 30-90 min | 60-90 min pro Feature | 20-40 min pro Story |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 1-6 | 3-6 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Example Table, Acceptance Tests | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update |
Tagsno overlap | AgileIterationCadence | DecisionTreeOptions | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development |