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| Criterion | ![]() Delivery Shape Up | ![]() Facilitation Storytelling | ![]() UX Research Affinity Diagramming |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. | When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 45-120 min | 45–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-4 pro Pitch | 1-6 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause |
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