LAB Product Development with SHAPE UP

We are well aware of the profound impact of methodology and the way a team works on the outcome, on the delivered product. For this, it is crucial to choose the right framework.

Shape Up is a product development method devised by the company 37signals over more than 17 years of constant trial and error in their way of working.

Its goal is to better define and prioritize projects, address uncertainties and risks from the very beginning, and increase collaboration and commitment within the team. This method has been formalized into a framework for other companies to use, and in the summer of 2019, the book “Shape Up” written by Ryan Singer was published.

Can we consider Shape Up as a new agile framework?
How does it differ from Kanban and Scrum?
What are its key ideas, approach, and lifecycle?

We explore Shape Up with Marc Rovira Vall, a specialist in organizational and process development and responsible for continuous improvement.

Resources and learnings from the LAB Product Development with SHAPE UP

We learned a lot from the talk by Marc Rovira and the reflections in the subsequent debate.

We share some of the tools and content mentioned in the session:

• The book Shape Up v 1.8 indispensable for getting started.
• A Shape Up Forum where you will find conversations and experiences about the methodology.
• The video Shaping in a Nutshell by Ryan Singer, which we watched together.
• Ryan Singer's website with notes, experiences, and reflections on Shape Up and more.

Here we leave you the complete presentation.

LAB Agenda:

• Introduction.Is Shape Up an Agile framework?
• Screening of "Shaping in a Nutshell" by Ryan Singer (18’)
  From 18:10 to 18:30 approx.
• Shape Up Concepts
  From 18:30 to 20:00.
  An overview of the main concepts of the Shape Up method by Marc Rovira and an open debate with attendees.
• Beers and networking
  From 20:00 onwards
  Beers, snacks, and informal chats for those who want to stay a little longer.

A Runroom LAB with Marc Rovira Vall

Marc is passionate about new ways of working and organizing Product and Engineering teams to make them high-performance, highly motivated teams, ensuring predictability and quality of deliveries. He is very aligned with the “Shape Up” method, a new approach to product development that goes beyond Agile, Lean, Kanban, and Scrum.

Marc is passionate about new ways of working and organizing Product and Engineering teams to make them high-performance, highly motivated teams, ensuring predictability and quality of deliveries. He is very aligned with the “Shape Up” method, a new approach to product development that goes beyond Agile, Lean, Kanban, and Scrum.