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

Prioritize your work and manage your backlog with Priority and Severity Fields

The Priority Field should be used to filter and sort Stories in order of priority. The Severity Field should be used to filter and sort Stories in order of Severity.

May 4, 2022

Software Engineering

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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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How to help software developers and PMs like each other

Both developers and product managers want the same thing: to build better products. But having the same goal doesn't guarantee a smooth collaboration. In fact, it takes a lot of time and efforts for the two parties to align and be on the same page.

The Designer's Toolkit: What Tools Do Shortcut Designers Use?

We’ve covered the tools Shortcut's product managers and software engineers use; now, what about the ...

Ultimate Setup Series: Best Practices for Workspaces

Best practices for Workspaces in Shortcut...

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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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10 Best Jira Alternatives in 2022

Because after all, your issue tracker shouldn't be a four letter word....

Common Room values freedom and flexibility in their issue tracking tool

Common Room values Shortcut because it's fast and flexible, and teams have freedom in terms of how t...

Continuous Empirical Planning

One of the most important things an agile project management system can do is answer one question: w...

The Software Engineer’s Toolkit: What Tools Do Shortcut Engineers Use?

The software development tools our own software engineers at Shortcut use...

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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Prioritize your work and manage your backlog with Priority and Severity Fields

The Priority Field should be used to filter and sort Stories in order of priority. The Severity Fiel...

April fools is no laughing matter. Wait, or is it?

Celebrate Corporations Doing Comedy Day with a new one-day-only feature in Shortcut...

Shortcut Write will return as Shortcut Docs

The knowledge base tool you'll enjoy using. Shortcut Docs makes it easier for your software team to ...

Fields are here for better categorization, structure, and organization of work

Fields are here to help with the categorization of work and to help organizations transition away fr...

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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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10 Ways to Use Shortcut Docs

Shortcut automatically syncs your Docs to existing Stories, Epics, Labels, and Iterations, providing a single source of truth.

Asynchronous Collaboration the Ben Franklin Way

Shortcut, as a remote-first company, was designed for asynchronous working....

6 Shortcuts to Work Faster in Shortcut

6 shortcuts in Shortcut that allow you to work faster: Search, Power Bar, Recently Viewed, Activity ...

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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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The Product Manager’s Toolkit: What Tools Do Shortcut PMs Use?

Like a good stack of pancakes, a good tech stack can help nourish software development and keep PMs ...

Shortcut vs. Linear: Choose the most collaborative, scalable software project management tool for product managers

Product managers like Shortcut....

How we improved conversion by changing one word

No test is too small when you have an experimentation mindset. ...

Key Skills for Growth Product Managers

Compared to “core” Product Managers, Growth PMs are typically driven by improving metrics. Their are...

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