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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Story Splitting method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Story Splitting
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
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 story becomes too large for a clean flow, it breaks scope down along value and risk. It shapes the work into a form that ships earlier and is easier to verify.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.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
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30-60 min15-30 min Planung, laufend10-20 min daily
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-611
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesSmaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split RationaleBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
BacklogIterationDelivery
PlanningTime managementFocus
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
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