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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
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Delivery
Communication Plan
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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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
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6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down0.5-2 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-122-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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