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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
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
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 a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down60-120 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-83-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
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Affinity Estimation
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas