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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
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.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-90 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsEvent Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis