Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles

by Ryan Singer

Published 2019·131 pages
Delivery and ExecutionSoftwareDevelopment
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Who Should Read This

Teams stuck in endless sprints with no sense of progress. Engineering leaders looking for an alternative to Scrum that gives teams more autonomy and focus.

What's Inside

Part I: Shaping

1. Introduction

2. Principles of Shaping

3. Set Boundaries

4. Find the Elements

5. Risks and Rabbit Holes

6. Write the Pitch

Part II: Betting

7. Bets, Not Backlogs

8. The Betting Table

9. Place Your Bets

Part III: Building

10. Hand Over Responsibility

11. Get One Piece Done

12. Map the Scopes

13. Show Progress

14. Decide When to Stop

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