DEV Community

Discussion on: Moving from Scrum to Shape up methodology

Collapse
 
meniem profile image
Anna

sounds interesting! thanks for sharing it, without any time boundary isn’t it tricky to have smth released? How the team knows what solutions to design and how much to invest in that?

Collapse
 
nicolasini profile image
Nico S___

We start with a Problem Definition. We then work together as a team on a Solution Design. In that stage we discover how much work might be required to "completely" solve the problem. Then we decide how much we want to work on at that point in time, and we set off to do a good job at it.
Is not like a blank check where you get to go down rabbit wholes or things like that. Is more like we don't want to handicap the solution on predefined time boundaries.
If when we are working on a solution we discover things that change our assumptions, we can re-evaluate and decide what to do about it.

Thread Thread
 
meniem profile image
Anna

ah I see now why this would work best with real small teams, thanks for sharing!