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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
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 a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.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
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Timedifferent
45-90 min30-90 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down
Participantsdifferent
2-63-202-4 pro Pitch
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes
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CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
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