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| Criterion | ![]() UX Design Design Studio | ![]() Delivery Shape Up | ![]() Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping | ![]() Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 60–90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-4 pro Pitch | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Sketches, Concept Directions, Design Decisions | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | SketchingCollaborationIdeation | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |



