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Criterion
Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Purposedifferent
When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do.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.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down90-180 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-102-4 pro Pitch3-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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