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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
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.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.When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-DownWochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus3-14 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-850+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesHypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decisionSurvey Results, Charts, Segment Insights
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
LeanStartupValidationMVP
QuantitativeResearchValidation
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Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
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Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
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Product Discovery
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