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The link to the Basecamp article from several years ago should not be overlooked - https://basecamp.com/hill-charts

Hill charts are a great way to keep people informed about a project status. I think they make much more sense than estimates.

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The entire shape up philosophy from Basecamp is honestly the best project management style I’ve been a part of in software engineering. The inversion of thinking around time (how long do I want to take vs. How long will this take?) is the most critical aspect of it.

Yup, that is so obvious in hindsight but I hadn't thought of it that way before. "We're willing to spend this much time, will you be able to do it?" is a much easier question both to ask and answer than "how much time will it take?"

It also encourages collaboration over adversarial negotiation.

This was much nicer for me to digest compared to the original post, thank you for sharing!

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