This template provides a structured layout for running an Example Mapping session — a Behavior Driven Development (BDD) exercise where teams collaboratively define and validate the acceptance criteria for a user story.
It helps teams move from a loosely understood feature to a shared, concrete specification by breaking a story into rules, examples, questions, and assumptions — each represented by a color-coded card.
Product owners, developers, QA engineers, and designers who need to align on what a feature should do before development begins will get the most from this template.
How to use it:
1. Write the user story on the yellow card at the top
2. Brainstorm rules (acceptance criteria) on blue cards, arranged by priority left to right
3. Add examples on green cards beneath each rule, using real data to validate or invalidate the rule
4. Capture questions on red cards when something is unclear or unresolved
5. Log assumptions on orange cards for things the team is treating as true but hasn't confirmed
6. Review the board — too many red cards means more discovery is needed; too many green cards under one rule may mean it should be split
