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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
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 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 ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list.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.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
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend30-60 min30-60 min60-90 min pro Feature
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)2-83-73-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalICE Table, Top Idea ListExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
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