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Criterion
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-202-4 pro Pitch1-3
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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