The technique described is Visioning. Visioning is a collaborative process used at the beginning of an initiative to establish a shared understanding among key stakeholders about the project's purpose, scope, and value. It explicitly focuses on defining what the initiative will achieve (value) and its boundaries (what is in and out of scope). This creates a guiding "north star" for the team, ensuring all subsequent decisions and development efforts are aligned with the core objectives of the organization.

A. Sprint Goals: These are short-term objectives for a single sprint or iteration, not the overarching goal and scope for the entire initiative.

C. Purpose Alignment Model: This is a prioritization tool used to assess features based on their value and criticality, rather than a technique to define the initial, overall scope.

D. Story elaboration: This is a granular activity focused on adding detail and acceptance criteria to individual user stories, not defining the high-level vision for the whole project.

1. International Institute of Business Analysis. (2017). Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide (Version 2). Section 7.21 Visioning

p. 123. "Visioning is used to develop a shared understanding of the desired outcome for a project or product... The vision describes the 'why' behind the project or product

what the project or product will achieve

and for whom."

2. International Institute of Business Analysis. (2017). Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide (Version 2). Section 7.21.3 Elements

p. 123. "The vision provides a touchstone for the team to refer to when making decisions about scope and priority."

3. International Institute of Business Analysis. (2017). Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide (Version 2). Section 7.18 Sprint Planning / Iteration Planning

p. 115. "The Sprint Goal is a high-level summary of the goal the team plans to accomplish during the sprint."