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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 Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-120 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-82-4 pro Pitch1-64-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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