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Criterion
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Four paper stations connect system purpose, quality goals, risk cards and focused investigation with a target and gap profile.
Architecture
LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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.LASR helps development teams identify where their software falls short of important quality goals and which improvements to consider. A small group with existing system knowledge can make an initial assessment and investigate open questions in more detail.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.When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional60-90 min pro Feature20-40 min pro Story
Participantsdifferent
31 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3-63-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsLean Mission Statement describing the software’s purpose, Prioritized quality goals and evaluation criteria, Risks and estimated gaps against quality goals, More closely examined findings and open checksExample Table, Acceptance TestsAcceptance Criteria, Story Update
Tagsno overlap
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
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