> "... the number of people working on it will be exactly proportional to the amount of work required to be done … " I strongly disagree. This is a recipe for

> "... the number of people working on it will be exactly proportional to the amount of work required to be done … " I strongly disagree. This is a recipe for burnout because it ends up being done by the people who care most and are willing to sacrifice more than others (in terms of time/health/whatever). Taking the view that 'the work got done, therefore this was the correct number of people' does nothing to account for the human cost. Example: One person can organise and run a conference with hundreds of attendees and tens of speakers but I'd argue it's not a good idea. FWIW I've seen team sizes between 1 and 75 for exactly the above scenario. I've been in this kind of position (great learning experience) and seen others go through it but it's a completely unsustainable way to run any kind of organisation.