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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
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 Strategic-Tactical-Operational Planning with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategic, Tactical and Operational Planning
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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 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.It places decisions and artifacts at the right level. Strategic planning clarifies direction, tactical planning translates it into programs, and operational planning steers concrete processes.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
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend30-60 min90-180 min60-90 min pro Feature
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)3-74-123-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsPlanning Levels Map, Cadence Model, Planning Artifact InventoryExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
CadenceGovernanceExecution
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
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