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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend60-90 min pro Feature20–45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)3-6Small cross-functional group
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalExample Table, Acceptance TestsRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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 an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis