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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of a horizontal story map with an activity backbone, task cards below it and a cross-map release line.
Product Discovery
User Story 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 user goals and delivery scope could drift apart, it orders the journey from goal to slice. It makes visible where an MVP can genuinely be cut.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesStory Map, Release Slices, Backlog Candidates
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
BacklogJourneyPlanningMVP
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Affinity Estimation
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