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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
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 work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.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 three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend20-40 min initial, dann laufend60-90 min pro Feature15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)3-153-62-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalROAM Board, Owner ListExample Table, Acceptance TestsVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
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