Rework

CEO Jason Fried and Head of Strategy Ryan Singer talk about the Shape Up approach to product development that we use at Basecamp. They discuss organizing work in six-week cycles, how to handle disagreement, and how so much of the process boils down to making trade-offs. You can also watch the full video of this Q&A session.Show NotesGoing Remote Q&A videos on YouTube - 00:57Basecamp's remote work resources - 1:00Jason Fried | Ryan Singer on Twitter - 1:09Hey, Basecamp's forthcoming email product - 1:23Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters - 2:17Q1: How do you go about planning something from scratch? What are the different milestones in the product-planning process? - 4:59An explainer of six-week cycles - 6:10An explainer of finding the epicenter from Getting Real, Basecamp's earlier book on product development - 11:50Q2: How do you decide how far to break down projects? Can you be so granular that you reach a point of diminishing returns? - 13:31Shape Up chapter