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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Paper illustration for Worst Possible Idea
Innovation
Worst Possible Idea
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
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 a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.For a seemingly familiar problem with paralyzing seriousness, the method dissolves pressure and fear of judgment. It deliberately makes failure pictures extreme, so hidden assumptions become visible faster. This clarifies what a workable path should avoid.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 h20-45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-83-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistBad Idea List, Reframed Concepts, Idea ShortlistIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
IdeationInnovationCreativity
IdeationCreativityDivergence
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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