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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
Purposedifferent
A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.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.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.For easily distracted solo work, the method sets clear time boundaries for concentrated work. It protects attention when large tasks would otherwise fall apart into small avoidance moves.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down10-20 min daily25 min Zyklen
Participantsdifferent
2-102-4 pro Pitch11
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesFocus Sessions, Task Progress, Interruption Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
FocusTime managementProductivityExecution
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