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37signals — The 37signals Guide to Making Decisions

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A company is essentially two things: a group of people and a collection of decisions. How those people make these decisions is the art of running a business. This guide shows how we do it. Below you’ll find a collection of general principles we try to keep in mind at 37signals when making decisions. They aren’t requirements, and this isn’t a comprehensive checklist we go through whenever we’re faced with a choice, but they serve as frames, considerations, and shared practices to draw upon when we do the one thing that we need to do all day, every day: decide. Closely related to decision making is internal communication. Our “37signals Guide to Internal Communication” details how we think about how we communicate with each other. We’ve detailed the pros and cons of chat vs. long form writing in our infamous “Group Chat: Group Stress” guide. We definitely recommend checking it out. You’ll also find a detailed explanation of how our teams work day-to-day on software projects in “Shape Up:

37signals — The 37signals Guide to Making Decisions The 37signals Guide to Making Decisions A company is essentially two things: a group of people and a collection of decisions. How those people make these decisions is the art of running a business. This guide shows how we do it. Rules of thumb, and general philosophy Below you’ll find a collection of general principles we try to keep in mind at 37signals when making decisions. They aren’t requirements, and this isn’t a comprehensive checklist we go through whenever we’re faced with a choice, but they serve as frames, considerations, and share

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