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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down60-120 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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