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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-82-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree