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Agile
NoEstimates
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Purposedifferent
When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules.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 Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
laufend6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-122-4 pro Pitch2-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
EstimationForecastingFlow
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Monte Carlo Forecasting
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas