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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Game Day workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Game Day
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.During an acute incident with several people involved, the method creates a clear leadership and communication structure. It reduces chaos when fast coordination and clean situational awareness are both needed at once.In preparing for rare incidents, the method tests response capability under controlled conditions. It shows where assumptions about stability, roles, and recovery are too optimistic.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-DownAs neededHalber Tag
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-155-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesSimulation Notes, Gaps List, Updated Runbooks
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
IncidentOperationsReliability
ResilienceOperationsIncident
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review