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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Runbook workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Runbook
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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.For recurring operational tasks or incidents, the method keeps solid action logic ready. It reduces uncertainty when time pressure, role changes, or rare situations demand fast access.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
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend20-60 min20-40 min pro Story60-90 min pro Feature
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)1-43-63-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalRunbook, Checklist, Escalation PathAcceptance Criteria, Story UpdateExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
OperationsReliabilityDocumentation
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
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