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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
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Shape Up
Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
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Fault Tree Analysis
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
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Communication Plan
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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 a critical top event with several possible triggers, the method logically models failure paths. It makes visible which combinations of conditions can lead to damage.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
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6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down2-6 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-82-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesFault Tree, Critical Paths, Cause Hypotheses, Control ActionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
RiskRoot causeSafety
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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MORT Analysis