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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 a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
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.When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-60 min20–45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-102-4 pro Pitch3-10Small cross-functional group
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesRisk Matrix, Top Risk ListRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log
Tagsno overlap
AssessmentPortfolioCapability
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
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