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Criterion
Paper illustration for Teach-back.
Knowledge Modeling
Teach-back
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Purposedifferent
Teach-back checks whether an explanation actually got through to the other person. The method makes misunderstandings visible early and strengthens shared understanding in advisory and learning situations.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.The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
5-20 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-4 pro Pitch3-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Understanding Check, Clarification Notes, Learning GapsPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open QuestionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
LearningUnderstandingCommunication
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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