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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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Delivery
Cost of Delay
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 decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down60-90 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-103-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentCoD Table, Prioritization Sequence
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
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Communication Plan
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Consensus Workshop
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Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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Facilitation
Dot Voting