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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of Dual Track Agile with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
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 uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-DownLaufend, Wochen bis Monate15-30 min Planung, laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-101
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesDiscovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte StoriesBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus Plan
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
AgileDiscoveryDelivery
PlanningTime managementFocus
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop