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Criterion
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
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowHigh
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-5 Tage45-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro PitchNutzertraffic2-61-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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