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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="pl"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> <title>Shape Up, Introduction · Rafal Makara</title> <meta property="og:title" content=" Shape Up, Introduction "> <meta property="twitter:title" content=" Shape Up, Introduction "> <meta property="og:description" content=" Shape Up is a product development methodology popularized thanks to Ryan Singer, a Head of Product Strategy at Basecamp. I cover the topics not entirely covered in the book to make your implementation of Shape Up much easier. 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It is a product development methodology.</p> <blockquote> <p>Shape Up is for product development teams who struggle to ship. If you’ve thought to yourself <em>“Why can’t we ship like we used to?”</em> or <em>“I never have enough time to think about strategy”</em> then this book can help.</p> <p>– Official Website of Shape Up</p> </blockquote> <h2 id="read-the-book-first">Read the book first</h2> <p>This series of articles shares my thoughts on the implementation of Shape Up. Based on my past experiences as a software developer, project manager, scrum master, product owner and engineering manager. I do not provide the perfect recipe for your company but may inspire you and highlight the challenges upfront. I also mention techniques from the other frameworks/methods you may try to apply within Shape Up</p> <p>As I want to extend the topic, I try not to repeat the book.</p> <p><a href="https://basecamp.com/shapeup"><strong>Please read the book first</strong></a> - it is free, short, essential and pleasant to read.</p> <h2 id="table-of-contents">Table of Contents</h2> <p>ToC below is my current understanding of what I want to cover. It may change over time, but it’ll be eventually consistent.</p> <ol> <li><a href="http://rmakara.github.io/Shape-Up-Introduction">Introduction</a></li> <li><a href="http://rmakara.github.io/Shape-Up-When-not-to-follow-the-book">When not to follow the book</a></li> <li><a href="https://rmakara.github.io/Shape-Up-Shaping-vs-Building">Shaping vs Building</a></li> <li><a href="https://rmakara.github.io/Shape-Up-Who-does-the-Shaping">Who does the Shaping?</a></li> <li><a href="https://rmakara.github.io/Shape-Up-Are-Pitches-The-Problems-To-Solve">Are Pitches the problems to solve?</a></li> <li><a href="https://rmakara.github.io/Shape-Up-Before-Shaping-there-is-a-Chaos">Before Shaping there is a Chaos</a></li> <li><a href="https://rmakara.github.io/Shape-Up-Building-when-pitches-get-converted-into-projects">Building, when Pitches get converted into Projects:</a> <ol> <li><a href="https://rmakara.github.io/Shape-Up-How-to-do-a-Project-Kickoff">Project kickoff</a></li> <li><a href="https://rmakara.github.io/Shape-Up-Project-Leadership-and-Project-Roles">Project Leadership and Project Roles</a></li> <li>Planning the execution</li> <li>Respecting people’s strengths</li> <li>Focusing on feedback and early testing</li> <li>Scope changes</li> <li>Monitoring the progress</li> <li>Release models</li> <li>Project closure</li> </ol> </li> <li>Cooldown: <ol> <li>Finishing projects during the cooldown</li> <li>Transparency and what to do</li> </ol> </li> <li>Structure: <ol> <li>Length and the first day of the cycle</li> <li>Async, sync, written, verbal</li> <li>Supporting your users</li> <li>Reporting to the board/stakeholders</li> <li>Composition of the teams</li> </ol> </li> <li>Shaping: <ol> <li>Modern product discovery</li> <li>Strategy and road mapping</li> <li>Big projects</li> <li>Not everything is a Shape Up project</li> </ol> </li> <li>Shape Up at scale and the program management</li> </ol> <h2 id="credits">Credits</h2> <p>The series consists of my thoughts on the topic and my past experiences. However, there are a few people who influenced it:</p> <ul> <li>Thank you, <a href="https://surferseo.com/">Surfer SEO Team</a>, for the environment, your support and ideas in playing around with various methods within Shape Up.</li> <li>Thank you, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucjansuski">Lucjan Suski</a>, for coming up with the idea for Shape Up’s implementation at Surfer.</li> <li>Thank you, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-singer-9941592b">Ryan Singer</a>, for sharing writing the book and making the next big step in closing the gap between discovery and delivery.</li> <li>And all the people who taught me to use the common sense in the agile world.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> This is a series of my thoughts. People mentioned above may have different opinions on this topic. They most likely disagree with me in many cases, just as I agree and disagree with them.</p> </article> <div class="divider"></div> <div class="page-navigation code"> <a class="home" href="https://rmakara.github.io//" title="Back to Home">Back to Home</a> <br/><br/> <a class="next" href="/Shape-Up-When-not-to-follow-the-book">Next article: Shape Up, When not to follow the book</a> </div> </div> <br/> <aside> <p class="goodbye"> This blog is no longer maintained <br/><br/> Subscribe to new articles at <a href="https://www.sorryengineering.com/">https://www.sorryengineering.com/</a> </p> </aside> <div class="footer"> <span class="block">© 2023 Rafal Makara</span> <span class="block"><small></> Powered by <a href="https://jekyllrb.com/">Jekyll</a> and <a href="https://github.com/heiswayi/the-plain">The Plain theme</a>.</small></span> </div> </body> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-92815270-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> </html>