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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Concierge MVP
Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment 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.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 experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-4 Wochen45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-10 Kunden2-61-5
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP RisksCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceCompleted Experiment Canvas, Success Metric
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
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