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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down15-45 min1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1-101
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
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Operations
Weekly Review
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Operations
ALPEN Method
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Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan