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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
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Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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Operations
Getting Things Done
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 initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-81
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
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Weekly Review
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ALPEN Method
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Delivery
Communication Plan
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Cost of Delay