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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-2 h0.5-2 Tage60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-124-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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