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| Criterion | ![]() Delivery Shape Up | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping | ![]() 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 45-60 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |
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