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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
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-60 min60-120 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-82-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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