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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
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UX Design
Lean UX Canvas
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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.The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down2-3 h15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-81-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCompleted Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experimentADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
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Delivery
Communication Plan