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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
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 estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules.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.When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 minlaufend6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-DownOngoing
Participantsdifferent
2-62-122-4 pro Pitch2-12
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceThroughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesKanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
EstimationForecastingFlow
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
FlowVisual managementDelivery
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