Appetites, not Estimates: My experience with Shape Up

ProductCamp 2026, Session Proposals

Has your team ever struggled to meet deployment deadlines? Do you get burnt out on sprint after sprint? Are your story estimates always wrong? Shape Up was designed to resolve these sorts of issues. We’ll discuss my real experience – the good and the bad – of running Shape Up since 2024.

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Session Details

Type of Session: Presentation

Presented By

Steven Ricks

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I’m currently Director of Product at SecureGive, a donation management platform for churches and nonprofits. But I’m also a musician. Before I got into product, I spent a few years building and repairing guitars at Baxendale Guitar in Athens, GA.

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How guitar repair prepared me for product management

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