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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
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Operations
Getting Things Done
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Delivery
Communication Plan
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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-2 h Setup, laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch12-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Architecture
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