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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
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Operations
Time Blocking
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UX Research
User Interviews
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.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.When teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down15-30 min Planung, laufend30–60 min per interview
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch11 participant per interview
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanInterview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
PlanningTime managementFocus
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Operations
ALPEN Method
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Delivery
Communication Plan
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Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile
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Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview