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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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 a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-90 min60-120 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-202-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanPower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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