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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.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.When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down60-120 min45-90 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch5-122-63-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group PriorityCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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