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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
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 several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 h15-30 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-83-124-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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