The Shortcut Blog

A new Team-Focused Navigation for better focus, reduced noise, and more joy in Shortcut

The Team Focus Navigation now allows users to view work that is relevant to a particular Team (e.g. Stories, Epics, Iterations, and Backlog).

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Embed your Miro boards in Shortcut stories, docs, epics, and more!

May

A new Team-Focused Navigation for better focus, reduced noise, and more joy in Shortcut

May

Take a walk on the dark side with Shortcut Dark Mode

April

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Shortcut vs Jira

Escape Jiratation and have a good life again.

Shortcut vs Jira

9 Signs it's Time to Break Up with Jira

November

It's not you. It's Jira.

Why Do Software Developers Hate Jira?

Because Jira systematically eats away at every part of an engineering culture’s soul.

January

5 Ways Jira Slows Everyone Down

Why are you still using Jira?

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Shortcut Best Practices

Get work done quickly in Shortcut with zero headaches.

Shortcut Best Practices

Ultimate Setup Series: Best Practices for Backlog Management

Now that we have a new backlog feature, you should use our new backlog feature.

Ultimate Setup Series: Best Practices for Docs

Docs, not Confluence.

September

Ultimate Setup Series: Best Practices for Teams

There is no I in Team, but there is a Me.

January

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How Product & Engineering Work Together

Otherwise known as how to get PMs and engineers to like each other.

How Product & Engineering Work Together

How to Bring Engineers on Board with the Product..

September

The best way to build bad software products? Foster a culture of resentment and mistrust.

Product Development the Shortcut Way

It's all about a unified experience.

August

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

Work for a company who values your time.

November

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Product Development

As the category suggests, articles about product development.

Product Development

What is Product Management? A Detailed Explanation Simple Enough for a Five Year-Old to Understand

October

Product managers shouldn’t have to manage their project management tool.

Why Agile Product Management Works

Processes that work make people happy, as opposed to processes that don’t work.

August

Why It's Important to Maintain Your Product Backlog, Especially Now That We Have a Backlog Feature

Stay focused on the most important tasks, while also not forgetting about all that other stuff.

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

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