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| Criterion |  Agile Specification by Example |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  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. | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. | When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min pro Feature | 2-4 h | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-7 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Example Table, Acceptance Tests | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | Root causeQualityOperations | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement |