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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
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 Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-2 h45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-82-63-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open QuestionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
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