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Criterion
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
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
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
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 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.When a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min30-60 min5-20 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
33-71-204-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, ClusterIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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