Acceptance Criteria Rescue Cards
Choose the right acceptance-criteria move based on whether behavior is known, uncertain, or too broad.
comparison battlecard Map or Gherkin When should you Example Map instead of writing Gherkin? Gherkin expresses shared understanding; mapping creates it. When they say: Just write the tests They say: "QA can just write the acceptance tests after refinement." The team has unresolved policy decisions. Your line QA can help, but if the rule is undecided we need an owner for the question before we turn it into a test. Do not let tests become policy guesses. It protects QA from inventing requirements and keeps decision rights visible. Question signal What does a question-heavy Example Map usually mean? Think readiness.…
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