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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 illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
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.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down25-40 min1-2 Wochen pro Iteration
Participantsdifferent
2-62-4 pro Pitch1-52-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesLearning Card with evidence and next actionPrioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions
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