A review by jandi
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

3.0

I very much agree with the philosophy in this book - there are few true emergencies and projects should not require the team to work overtime to get them done. Basecamp does have a very different situation than what I deal with in that it is a single software only product, with a subscription model for revenue. I wish there were more practical strategies that could be applied to other places with multiple projects involving hardware and that are large enough to require more than a team of three to take them to the finish line. A few things that jumped to mind that would still be applicable - the company should be our best product, and to focus on budgets (aka focus scope on highest value features) rather than estimates, and keeping in mind that saying yes to one thing means saying no to a lot of other things.