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Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
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 for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
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.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.When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.When story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min pro Feature30-60 min2-4 h15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
3-63-73-123
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Example Table, Acceptance TestsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesClarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
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