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| Criterion | ![]() Delivery Shape Up | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping | ![]() Delivery RAID Log | ![]() Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 1-3 h | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | 3-12 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | Small cross-functional group |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | KnowledgeMappingRisk | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |



