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The Shortcut Blog

Shortcut is modern project management without all the management. And this is our blog.

Streamline your setup with our updated Data Model

Our newest release fulfills the initial promise of our Teams feature by elevating it to the central organizing force within Shortcut.

September 21, 2021

Project Management

What is software project management? 4 things to know

November 23, 2021

Product Management

Ultimate Setup Series: Get Started with the Basics

November 19, 2021

Software Engineering

Software engineering teams are more productive when they work at a comfortable pace

November 16, 2021

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Distributing Joy

A look at how to manage software teams (and other teams), both remotely and in-person.

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8 Ways to Improve Cross-Team Collaboration

If you’re in agile software development, you probably have multiple teams, or you’re growing into an organization that has multiple teams. Multiple teams need cross-functional collaboration. Find out how to better facilitate cross-functional collaboration for your multiple teams.

Transparency: messy but worth it

Shortcut co-founder and Chief Design Officer Andrew Childs writes from experience about why transpar...

5 Ways to Enable Cross-Team Collaboration in Agile Software Development

The majority of today’s modern software development teams are distributed, working on complex projec...

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Software Engineering

Deep dives into software development topics: from hopefully helpful tips to discussions about how we built, and continue to build, Shortcut.

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Software engineering teams are more productive when they work at a comfortable pace

Jamison Dance, Shortcut’s Director of Engineering, writes about speed, software engineering teams, a...

Not Bad at All: Part II

Description: Shortcut’s co-founder and Chief Design Officer, Andrew Childs, writes about the origin ...

Not Bad at All: Part I

Shortcut’s co-founder and Chief Design Officer, Andrew Childs, writes about the origin of Shortcut, ...

The Software Developer’s Guide to Choosing the Right Kanban Board Software

Kanban methodology helps teams streamline workflows, identify and address bugs, and follow through d...

News & Updates

What are we up to over here at Shortcut? Read the blog posts from this section to find out.

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Spread the word about Shortcut and earn nice rewards: like limited edition sticker packs, holiday sw...

The 2021 Shortcut Hackathon Roundup

Earlier this month, we conducted our annual hackathon. During this marathon of hacking, all Shortcut...

A guide for transitioning to the new Shortcut Data Model

Our latest release enables you to get more value out of Teams without removing your ability to categ...

Streamline your setup with our updated Data Model

Our newest release fulfills the initial promise of our Teams feature by elevating it to the central ...

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Project Management

Agile, kanban, scrum, cycle time, lead time, burndown: there are an awful lot of words associated with project management. See how to best put them all to use.

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What is software project management? 4 things to know

Software project management is a complex undertaking. But when teams have access to the right tools, software teams can achieve their goals and deliver products within budget and on time. This makes things less complex.

A Shortcut to Importing Your Data Into Shortcut

If you like using Shortcut, but you’re wondering what to do with your old or current workspaces, won...

Shortcut vs. Trello: Choose the best software project management tool

Shortcut is a great alternative to Trello because we provide more structure, options, and visibility...

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Product Management

It's just like Project Management, but it's spelled with a d. And also with a u.

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Ultimate Setup Series: Get Started with the Basics

Welcome to Shortcut! And welcome to the Ultimate Setup Series. Use this series for guidance in putti...

Why I was told not to become a Product Manager... and became one anyway

In the right work environment, product management can be a joy. Even for those product managers out ...

How to bring technical and non-technical teams together

Being a product led company means the Product team must actively collaborate with, and incorporate f...

Lead time: What is it and why should Agile teams (or any teams) care?

Lead time is the measurement of how much time passes between task creation and when the work is comp...

The Shortcut Blog

Streamline your setup with our updated Data Model

What is software project management? 4 things to know

Ultimate Setup Series: Get Started with the Basics

Software engineering teams are more productive when they work at a comfortable pace

Distributing Joy