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| Criterion |  Agile Story Splitting |  Agile Scrum |  Agile Specification by Example |  Agile Affinity Estimation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 60-90 min pro Feature | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 3-6 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split Rationale | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | Example Table, Acceptance Tests | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items |
Tagsno overlap | BacklogIterationDelivery | AgileIterationCadence | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |