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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
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UX Research
User Interviews
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Delivery
Communication Plan
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 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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down30–60 min per interview45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1 participant per interview2-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesInterview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Paper illustration of Dual Track Agile with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile
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Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview