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Criterion
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Purposedifferent
With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
30–45 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down
Participantsdifferent
1-102-4 pro Pitch
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes
Tagsno overlap
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
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Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming