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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
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.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down8-15 min45–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1-103-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsTheme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause
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Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping