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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-3 Tage60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1-42-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
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PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Communication Plan
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Architecture Decision Record
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Architecture Inception Canvas