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Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Dual Track Agile with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Purposedifferent
When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 minLaufend, Wochen bis Monate6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down
Participantsdifferent
2-64-102-4 pro Pitch
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceDiscovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte StoriesPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes
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CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
AgileDiscoveryDelivery
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
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Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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Facilitation
Storytelling
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Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop