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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-5 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro PitchNutzertraffic2-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping