I thought it might be a good idea to complement the very fruitful discussions in this forum with a regular chance for face to face (or camera to camera) interaction regarding our experiences implementing Shape Up.
Thatās why Iād like to try a āShape Up Practitioners Remote Meetupā group, with the intention of eventually facilitating regular (monthly?) remote meetups where we can talk, learn, help each other out and get to know others who are trying Shape Up.
My current idea is to have one speaker per meetup, who shares their particular experience in a ā30 min talk, and then go into a more open Q&A. Iām still pondering some ways to facilitate a kind of networking or more focussed discussions (like using Zoom breakout rooms maybe? or a Donut slack app like random pairing of people?). So if anyone has ideas for clever ways of doing this, letās hear it!
The speaker for this inaugural meetup is still TBD. As a backup, Iām offering to present our experience at store2be.com in moving from āScrumbanā to Shape Up (weāre 4+ cycles in). Iāve given a more general talk about this at a product meetup here in Berlin and would happily dig into the meat of things as part of this event.
So consider this also a call for speakers: Are there any of you whoād be willing to hold a casual ā30 min presentation about any particular issue you had in implementing Shape Up, and how you overcame this? Or generally inspiring or challenging Shape Up stories? Letās hear it!
Would love to get to know some of you personally as part of this experiment!
I love the idea! We just completed our first cycle and did a retro. There might be a few great points to share with others, especially from the perspective of a startup.
Iām truly excited to be able to announce an outstanding speaker for our inaugural Shape Up Practitioners meetup.
Mike Bartlett, VP Product at Slite, will speak about:
538 Days Later A journey through adopting a new way to work
Mikeās team has been using Shape Up to build Slite since October 2018. By this, they must surely count as Shape Up veterans. Mike will share their particular flavour and highlight which bits theyāve adopted and which they havenāt. I know Mike and his team have been very conscious about tweaking Shape Up to their particular needs and canāt wait to get his insights into the process behind it.
Mikeās talk will be about 45 mins long and split into 3 parts (roughly: āWhy Shape Up?ā, āAdoption & Growing Painsā and āWhat it looks like todayā). Each of the three parts will be followed by up to 10 mins of Q&A.
Hereās the full agenda for the meetup:
6:55 pm (UTC): ādoorsā open; the talk will start at 7pm sharp, so make sure to join the Zoom meeting on time.
7:00 pm ā 8:15: Mikeās presentation on ā538 Days Laterā, incl. 3 slots of Q&A
8:15 pm and later: Open networking for whoever wants to stick around
Hey Casper, it was ā yes. I was originally expecting / designing for a small group of people (50 max). Now raised the limit to what I can technically accompany right now and will try to set up a stream via YouTube. The recording will be shared in any case. See the discussion here: https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/shapeup-practitioners/events/269164841/
I just happened to hear about the meeting (and this group) on Twitter halfway through the meeting, but the bits I did get to see were amazing! Thanks so much for putting it together, and hereās a vote for posting it somewhere for later viewing.
If I understand YouTube correctly, this link will persist. If somehow the livestream recording disappears, ping me and Iāll upload a local backup of the recording.
This was tons of fun, what a way to kick things off!
Iām excited to announce the second edition of the Shape Up Practitioners Remote Meetup !
Next Wednesday, April 29th, at 6pm (UTC), Simone Sciarrati (Engineering Team Lead @ Meltwater) will share how his team tried various product development frameworks like Kanban, Scrum and ultimately landed on what he calls āShape Up-ishā.
ā¦ and weāre back for round 3 of the Shape Up Practitioners Remote Meetup.
On Wednesday, Jonny Bradshaw whoās the Head of Product at FundApps (fundapps.co), will share the story of how his team found its way to Shape Up.
Jonny and I met at a digital Jobs-to-be-Done workshop by Bob Moesta a couple of weeks ago and I was excited to hear that heād attended the first Shape Up meetup back in March.
This time, itāll be his time to share how the team at FundApps has adopted Shape Up. Borrowing from the JTBD framework āThe Forces of Progressā, itās only fitting given the circumstances of how we met that his talk will be titled āThe Forces of Shape Upā.
Hereās a summary of what you need to know:
We meet next Wednesday, May 27, at 6 pm (UTC)
Jonny Bradshaw (Head of Product, FundApps) will talk about āThe Forces of Shape Upā
This oneās going to be an experiment. So far, weāve heard speakers share their stories and take questions. This time, weāre going to get a little more personal. Since I failed to round up a speaker this time, I thought it a great opportunity to try a different format for once.
So hereās my proposal:
Letās come together to share stories of adopting Shape Up, the hurdles, and how we overcame or adapted. Zoom call only, no presentation and no live stream.
On the call, we do a brief round of intros and then open up the floor for anyone to bring forward their challenges, questions, concerns. The conversation just goes where it does.
To participate, Iād ask you to send me a very brief summary of your context (like role, team size, what you were switching from, how far along with Shape Up), and some things youād like to bring to the discussion. Iāll reply with the Zoom link. Probably easiest to just use the Meetup.com messaging system. You can RSVP, too, to let others know whoās coming.
That way, Iām hoping to ensure weāre all invested enough to show up, plus have some starting points to kick things off on the call.
Please be prepared to join with your video and audio on. Weāll try to have an open group conversation.
Iāll be there, even if thereās just going to be two of us!
Oh, and in any case, July & August look like weāll have some amazing speakers again.
https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/shapeup-practitioners/events/269164841/
