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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
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 safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.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.For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-DownMehrere Tage bis Wochen45-90 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-62-62-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceBarrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
Root causeSafetyIncident
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