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Criterion
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
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
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min60–90 min60-90 min pro Feature30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
32-83-63-7
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesExample Table, Acceptance TestsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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