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Criterion
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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 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.ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.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
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min pro Feature2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-5 Tage30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-6Designers, developers as users, and facilitationNutzertraffic3-7
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Table, Acceptance TestsPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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