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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
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.The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together.After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down20-60 minUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1Scrum Team3-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesPlain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesImprovement actions, Team agreementsLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
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