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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
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
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.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down0.5-2 Tage1-2 h Setup, laufend10-20 min daily
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch6-1211
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesService Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
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