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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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Operations
Eat the Frog
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.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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-2 h Setup, laufend15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
2-62-4 pro Pitch11
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutinePriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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