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Criterion
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
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 collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.When several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements.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
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 minHalf day60-90 min pro Feature30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-12Team-Leads plus Architecture3-63-7
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairExample Table, Acceptance TestsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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