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Criterion
Paper illustration of Double Diamond with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Double Diamond
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Purposedifferent
For complex problems with a fuzzy situation, the method cleanly separates search space and decision. It first creates breadth in understanding and then focus in elaboration. This brings open questions, problem definition, and solution path into a traceable movement.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 Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed.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
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
Wochen bis Monate6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down2-4 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-122-4 pro Pitch3-102-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Statement, Solution Options, Prototypes, Deliverables per PhasePitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesStrategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC ActionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
ProcessDivergenceInnovation
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
StrategyPositioningInnovationValue
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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