[mattferderer]

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.

[distortionfield]

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.

[kqr]

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.

[thex10]

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