I am very appreciative of the comments above that point out the flaws in the assumptions made about additional weeks translating to better productivity. I agree with these contributors that a 6 month season is too long and could potentially mask too many issues.
I also agree that 3 month / 13 week seasons are a pain to administer and not much gets done between planning, finishing planning because it wasn’t done by season start, and planning again.
Looking at the timing of Season 3 finish, I would like to suggest we complete the remainder of 2022 in 2 x 4 calendar month (18 week) seasons.
i.e. Season 4: April 18 to August 19 (18 weeks) and Season 5: August 22 to Dec 23 (18 weeks)
We would then implement a break over the Christmas / New Year period (I acknowledge that not all contributors celebrate these events).
I think the slight increase in length as an ongoing approach might be a better approach than implementing a super season and then returning to a shorter cycle. We could look at 3 seasons per year for 2023 (16 weeks each), with appropriate breaks built in.
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