Shape Up
by Ryan Singer
Basecamp's product development method, published free online and in print: six-week cycles, shaped pitches, betting tables, no backlogs, and teams given full responsibility for a bet. It is a real alternative to Scrum for small software teams.
Read it if…
you run a small software team exhausted by sprints and endless backlogs.
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Skip it if…
you work in a large organization with fixed processes; adopting it is hard.
Try instead: The Knack →
Three things you will actually use
- Fix time and flexibility, not scope.
- Shape before you build.
- Delete the backlog; good ideas come back.
Do this first
Shape one project as a pitch with appetite, solution sketch and rabbit holes, then bet on it.
Our verdict
A real alternative to Scrum.
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