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Criterion
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.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.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min20-40 min pro Story
Participantsdifferent
3-103-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListAcceptance Criteria, Story Update
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
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 of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom