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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
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream 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.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 delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-90 min Setup, danach laufend45-120 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1-82-84-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationWaste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement BacklogCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ForecastingFlowDelivery
WasteLeanProcess improvement
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
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