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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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 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.When a service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHighMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-90 min0.5-2 Tage60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-66-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceService Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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