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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 notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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 many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-102-4 pro Pitch1
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
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ALPEN Method
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
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