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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
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.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.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
MediumMediumHighLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-DownWochen bis Monate je Goal1-4 Wochen45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-101-62-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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