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| Criterion |  Delivery Shape Up |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 15-45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | 1-3 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |
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