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| Criterion | ![]() Delivery Shape Up | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping | ![]() Operations Getting Things Done | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 1-3 h | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | 3-12 | 1 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | KnowledgeMappingRisk | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking |



