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Criterion
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-60 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
12-4 pro Pitch2-81-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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