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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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 a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-60 min45-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-62-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCounter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk NotesExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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