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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
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Engineering
Fault Isolation
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Operations
Root Cause 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.In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected.When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-180 min1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1-63-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesFault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault AreaProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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