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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Process Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Operations
Process Mapping
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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.With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesProcess Map, Handoff List, Improvement BacklogCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ProcessOperationsImprovement
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Communication Plan
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method