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Criterion
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Purposedifferent
Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.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 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 an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-90 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-82-4 pro Pitch2-61-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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