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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
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 work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-DownOngoing15-30 min Planung, laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-121
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesKanban board, WIP policies, Flow metricsBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus Plan
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
FlowVisual managementDelivery
PlanningTime managementFocus
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
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Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
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Pomodoro Technique