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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-120 min60-120 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1-62-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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