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| Criterion |  Agile Scrum |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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 | 60-120 min | 20-40 min pro Story | 60-90 min pro Feature |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 2-8 | 3-6 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Example Table, Acceptance Tests |
Tagsno overlap | AgileIterationCadence | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development |