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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
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 delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 h15-45 min30-90 min Setup, danach laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-101-31-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listADR File, Decision Log, RationaleForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
ForecastingFlowDelivery
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