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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
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 story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process.For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down15-30 min1-6 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch34-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesClarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
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Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan