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| Criterion |  Agile Story Splitting |  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 team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-10 (Scrum Team) |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split Rationale | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal |
Tags1 shared | BacklogIterationDelivery | AgileIterationCadence |
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