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Criterion
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
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
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Purposedifferent
When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.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.When a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list.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
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-60 min90-180 min60-90 min pro Feature
Participantsdifferent
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Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsSpotify Model Map, Action ListExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
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