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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Purposedifferent
When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.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.The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
Half day initial, dann laufend60-90 min pro Feature1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
Ein Team plus Stakeholder3-63-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team API DocumentExample Table, Acceptance TestsInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas