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Criterion
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
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.With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min30–45 min60-90 min pro Feature
Participantsdifferent
31-103-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsHMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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
A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette