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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
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UX Research
Personas
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy 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 target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions.When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 Tage30–60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro PitchInternes Team4-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesPersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesEmpathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
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