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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1-612-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
DecisionTreeOptions
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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