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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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.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
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-62-4 pro Pitch1-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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