Ship It! is a minimal software delivery framework.
It describes the minimum workflow required to move a software change from Input to Ship.
FAQ
Ship It! is for developers and teams who feel software delivery has become more complicated than necessary.
It is especially useful when the delivery process feels heavier than the change itself.
No.
It defines a minimal delivery workflow.
Planning, estimation, ceremonies, team structure, and roles remain your team's choice.
Yes.
Ship It! works with your existing way of working.
Input is the reason why a change exists.
It can come from developers, users, monitoring, business requirements or automation.
Development is the activity that creates or modifies the change.
It can be done by individuals, teams or automated systems.
Validation provides confidence that the change solves the intended problem and can survive in production.
Validation may involve people, automation or both.
Ship makes the validated change available.
How that happens depends on the team, the product and the change itself.
Validation does not end the workflow.
Failed validation creates new Input.
The framework defines that work continues.
No.
Ship It! is technology-agnostic.
AI can participate in Development or Validation, but it does not redefine the framework.
No.
Use whatever works for your team.
Ship It! intentionally avoids prescribing day-to-day working practices. It does not define meetings, ceremonies, planning cadences, or team routines. Those are local decisions that depend on the team, organization, and context. Ship It! provides a shared language for reasoning about software delivery while allowing teams to keep the practices that already work well for them.
Because every new concept increases complexity.
It intentionally defines only the minimum workflow required to deliver validated software.
Only when new ideas make the framework simpler, clearer or easier to apply.
It emerged from practical software delivery experience.
It was created by observing how software is actually delivered.
Mail to: captain <at> shipitframe.work.
If your question is about applying these ideas in real delivery situations, continue in Examples.