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| Criterion |  Agile Specification by Example |  Agile Scrum |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries. | When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min pro Feature | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 45-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 3-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Example Table, Acceptance Tests | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development | AgileIterationCadence | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |