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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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 service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down0.5-2 Tage1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch6-121
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesService Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas