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Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
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Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min pro Feature1-5 Tage20-40 min pro Story
Participantsdifferent
3-6Nutzertraffic3-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Table, Acceptance TestsInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteAcceptance Criteria, Story Update
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
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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 Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping