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Criterion
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
Operations
5 Whys
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 story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process.For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min15-30 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
32-63-7
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsRoot cause notes, CountermeasuresExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration for Root Cause Tree Analysis
Operations
Root Cause Tree Analysis