Work on what, though? Work how? What gets prioritized? How are things released? How are issues handled?
Without process, more employees just increase entropy. The process brings everything together.
What’s described in the OP is a process. I run a very similar process myself - contractors, minimal friction, weak deadlines, no stand ups and all. Supremely effective.
Exactly. Good process is there to protect you, bad process slows you down.
For example, in companies that deal with medical data/PHI/PII, having to go through processes is necessary because of liability, no way of getting around it.
Without process, more employees just increase entropy. The process brings everything together.
What’s described in the OP is a process. I run a very similar process myself - contractors, minimal friction, weak deadlines, no stand ups and all. Supremely effective.