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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 for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 h30-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1-82-82-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
SensemakingDecisionRationale
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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