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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor 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.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHigh
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
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Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Barrier Analysis
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Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree