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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Paper illustration for Waste Analysis.
Operations
Waste Analysis
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.For a process that keeps people busy but creates little value, the method exposes waste. It directs attention to unnecessary movement, waiting times, rework, and overdelivery.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-90 min Setup, danach laufend45-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1-82-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationWaste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement BacklogCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ForecastingFlowDelivery
WasteLeanProcess improvement
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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