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| Criterion |  Delivery Shape Up |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Operations Weekly 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. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. | In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | 1 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Updated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | ProductivityExecutionPlanning |