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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
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.When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Downlaufend1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-124-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesThroughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
EstimationForecastingFlow
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
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Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
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Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Three-Point Estimation.
Decision Making
Three-Point Estimation