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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
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 change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-126-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
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Communication Plan
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Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
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