August 16, 2019

Shaping, betting, and building (Changelog Interviews #357)

1 hour 28 minutes

Ryan Singer, head of Product Strategy at Basecamp, joined the show to talk about their newest book — Shape Up: Stop running in circles and ship work that matters. It’s written by Ryan himself and you can read it right now for free online at Basecamp.com/shapeup.

We talked about the back story of the book, how the methodology for Shape Up developed from within at Basecamp, the principles and methodologies of Shape Up, how teams of varying sizes can implement Shape Up. Ryan even shared a special invitation to our listeners near the end of the show to his live and in-person Shape Up workshop on August 28th in Detroit, Michigan.

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Featuring:

Ryan Singer – Website, GitHub, X
Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

Shape Up

Foreword by Jason Fried

Principles of shaping

Example pitches — “How we do it in Basecamp”

Bets, Not Backlogs

How to Begin to Shape Up

Summary of the Shape Up method

Shape Up glossary

Ryan’s tweet about the Shape Up workshop

If you have questions — email [email protected]

Getting Real

All of Basecamp’s books

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