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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 h1-2 h90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1-81-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsCoD Table, Prioritization Sequence
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
SensemakingDecisionRationale
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
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