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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Product Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
Product Canvas
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of Dual Track Agile with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile
Purposedifferent
When product goal and feature scope don't yet fit cleanly together, it creates a shared working picture. It connects need, core features, and assumptions into a solid starting point.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.When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-DownLaufend, Wochen bis Monate
Participantsdifferent
2-82-4 pro Pitch4-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Canvas, Product Assumptions, Scope NotesPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesDiscovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories
Tagsno overlap
CanvasDiscoveryScope
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
AgileDiscoveryDelivery
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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Lean UX Canvas with its method-specific working model.
UX Design
Lean UX Canvas
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method