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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication 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.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-60 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-82-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test