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| Criterion | ![]() Delivery Shape Up | ![]() Systems Thinking Behavior Over Time Graph | ![]() Delivery Communication Plan | ![]() Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | A Behavior Over Time Graph shows how a metric or observation develops over time. The method makes trends, breaks, and recurring patterns visible that get lost in snapshots. | 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. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 20-45 min | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | 1-10 | 2-6 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Behavior Over Time Graph, Trend Hypotheses, Key Events | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | Systems thinkingPatternsDynamics | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders |



