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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
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down2-6 hMehrere Tage bis Wochen45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-102-62-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective ActionsMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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