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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
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment 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.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.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-90 min45-120 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-201-64-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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