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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible.For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-90 min1-3 hWochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1-64-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment BacklogCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listHypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
LeanStartupValidationMVP
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