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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
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5 Whys
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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.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.
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6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down2-6 h15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
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Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasRoot cause notes, Countermeasures
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
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Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Causal Factor Analysis
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving