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| Criterion |  Agile Story Splitting |  Agile Example Mapping |  Agile Specification by Example |  Agile Scrum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a story becomes too large for a clean flow, it breaks scope down along value and risk. It shapes the work into a form that ships earlier and is easier to verify. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 60-90 min pro Feature | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 3-10 (Scrum Team) |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split Rationale | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Example Table, Acceptance Tests | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal |
Tagsno overlap | BacklogIterationDelivery | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development | AgileIterationCadence |