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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
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
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
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.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.When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend60-90 min pro Feature15-45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)3-62-83-7
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalExample Table, Acceptance TestsVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, DifferentiatorsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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