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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Concierge MVP
Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
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 an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-4 Wochen60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-10 Kunden2-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP RisksCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Communication Plan
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)