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Criterion
Story Splitting method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Story Splitting
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
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
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 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 problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min60-90 min pro Feature1-4 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-63-63-83-7
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split RationaleExample Table, Acceptance TestsProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action PlanExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
BacklogIterationDelivery
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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