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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
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Agile
Specification by Example
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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 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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend60-90 min pro Feature45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)3-62-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalExample Table, Acceptance TestsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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Agile
Example Mapping
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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Product Strategy
DIBB