At 37signals, we tend to solve problems by finding a "judo solution." The simplest, easiest, cheapest solution that gets you 90% of the way there. It doesn't have to be perfect. It doesn't have to be great. It just has to be good enough. Part of this is reframing and simplifying the problem itself. And, remember, you can always turn "good enough" into "great" later.

Show Notes

• 03:57 - Are Your Lights On?: How to Figure Out What the Problem Really Is - Donald C. Gause, Gerald M. Weinberg (Amazon)
• 05:26 - Six-week cycles (Shape Up)
• 08:47 - Team and project sizes (Shape Up)
• 09:31 - Principles of Shaping (Shape Up)
• 10:40 - Fat marker sketches (Shape Up)
• 11:32 - Just set it aside (HEY)
• 13:29 - Agile software development (Wikipedia)
• 15:56 - Kanban (Wikipedia)
• 20:34 - Shape Up