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Criterion
Paper illustration for Story Points.
Agile
Story Points
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 T-Shirt Sizing.
Agile
T-Shirt Sizing
Purposedifferent
When teams want to rate complexity rather than hours, it creates a shared, relative scale. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Point Estimates, Reference Stories, and Velocity Data.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 effort only needs to be classified roughly, it makes comparability more important than false precision. It helps sort work quickly into manageable sizes.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
laufend, 1-5 min je Item60-90 min pro Feature30-60 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-93-63-72-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity DataExample Table, Acceptance TestsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsSize Buckets, Rough Backlog Map, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
EstimationAgileMeasurement
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
EstimationAgileRoadmap
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