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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 Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Family Tree Analysis
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.For a series of incidents with a similar pattern, the method arranges individual events as branches of a common origin. It makes visible which conditions keep recurring.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 h2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-102-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listFamily Tree Diagram, Pattern Notes, Systemic Measures
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
Root causePatternsIncidentSystemic
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Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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MORT Analysis
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Barrier Analysis
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Causal Factor Analysis