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Criterion
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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 work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.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.For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
60-90 min pro Feature20-40 min initial, dann laufend15-30 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-63-1533-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Table, Acceptance TestsROAM Board, Owner ListClarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
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