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| Criterion |  Agile Scrum |  Agile Specification by Example |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 60-90 min pro Feature | 60-120 min | 20-40 min pro Story |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 3-6 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | Example Table, Acceptance Tests | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update |
Tagsno overlap | AgileIterationCadence | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development |