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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
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 persistent errors or blockages, the method shifts the view to the opposite of the desired effect. It exposes the mechanics of failure and makes hidden causes easier to grasp. This makes improvement more concrete and the problem clearer.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-60 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch3-1210-504-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesReverse Ideas, Risk Themes, Solution IdeasSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityRisk
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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