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Criterion
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
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.PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends.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.SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min1-3 h60-90 min pro Feature30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
32-103-63-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsPESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsExample Table, Acceptance TestsSWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list
Tagsno overlap
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
StrategyMarketAnalysis
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning
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