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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
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.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
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Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down0.5-2 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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