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Criterion
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min45-90 min1-2 h45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
32-64-121-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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