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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field 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.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-4 Wochen15-60 min je Zyklus45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch6-30 Experten1-83-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
ChangeDecisionStrategy
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