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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Iceberg Model method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Iceberg Model
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
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.The Iceberg Model separates visible events from patterns, structures, and mental models. This turns a single observation into a deeper understanding of why a problem keeps recurring.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.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.
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Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-60 min45-90 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-102-63-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesIceberg Worksheet, Pattern Notes, Intervention IdeasCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
Systems thinkingRoot causePatterns
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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