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Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for Waste Analysis.
Operations
Waste Analysis
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
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.For a process that keeps people busy but creates little value, the method exposes waste. It directs attention to unnecessary movement, waiting times, rework, and overdelivery.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down45-120 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch2-81-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesWaste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement BacklogNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
WasteLeanProcess improvement
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping