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jkottke : Six reasons why crunch mode doesn't work - "There's a bottom-line reason most industries gave up crunch mode over 75 years ago: It's the single most expensive way there is to get the work done."
Matthew M. Boedicker : Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work: 6 Lessons
Paul Hammond : IGDA - Articles - Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work: 6 Lessons - There's a bottom-line reason most industries gave up crunch mode over 75 years ago: It's the single most expensive way there is to get the work done.
plasticbag : A really interesting article on declines in human productivity when working in 'crunch mode' - I tend to encourage workstreams in three month cycles, limiting any crunch periods to the last two or three weeks
43folders : IGDA - Articles - Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work: 6 Lessons - Productivity drops immediately upon starting overtime and continues to drop until, at approximately eight 60-hour weeks, the total work done is the same as what would have been done in eight 40-hour weeks.
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