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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
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Shape Up
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Causal Factor Analysis
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
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Kepner-Tregoe
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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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
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6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down2-6 h2-8 h
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2-4 pro Pitch3-102-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective ActionsProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
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Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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A3 Problem Solving