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| Criterion |  Agile Three Amigos |  Agile Specification by Example |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Architecture Quality Attribute 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. | 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. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 60-90 min pro Feature | 15-45 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 5-15 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions | Example Table, Acceptance Tests | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns |
Tagsno overlap | CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement | AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop |