The Burndown Journey
Burndown is a new take on project management software, and we're building it in the open. Follow along as we detail our process, thoughts, choices, and designs.
Where to start
Read our overview post. We’ll keep it updated with links to the most important posts.
Follow Along
Learnings from 15 customer development interviews
I've interviewed managers, CTOs, and small business owners to learn about how they perceive and accomplish project management. This is what I took away. read more
We successfully failed our first user test
We learned some valuable things about what's required for trustworthy automated scheduling. read more
Build Log 001
The first in a new kind of post, focused on the nuts and bolts of what we're building. read more
Where Tasks and Projects Go To Die
Every team has a graveyard of tasks that everyone knows will never actually get done. Maybe you can't avoid a graveyard, but you can avoid the impact on your project management. read more
You can only learn from your mistakes if you know what they are
It's important to review the success of past projects - and expensive and boring unless you have great tools. read more
Why We Chose Render to Host Burndown
We chose Render over AWS, Heroku, DigitalOcean and more. Here's why. read more
Many Hands Make Light Work
Another key philosophy motivating us in our journey to build Burndown: a little help from everyone makes for much better project management. read more
Schedule Important Work First
Why does important work get sidelined despite our best efforts? read more
Keep The Big Picture Separate
A few key philosophies are motivating us in our journey to build Burndown. The first is that we think the Big Picture should be separate from the details. read more
Sketching A Product
A product sketch is a poorly drawn representation of the ideas that should be in the product, and it was our competitive advantage as a consulting company. Here's how it works and how it's helping us build Burndown. read more
Burndown Begins
Expected Behavior is making a new project management system we call Burndown and we're going to develop it in public. read more