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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
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 a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture.When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-90 min30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-123-123-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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