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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
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.When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping