Re: 90/10 rule... source?

James Cownie <jcownie@etnus.com>
22 Jan 2004 23:08:36 -0500

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From: James Cownie <jcownie@etnus.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 22 Jan 2004 23:08:36 -0500
Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder)
References: 04-01-038 04-01-059 04-01-077
Keywords: practice
Posted-Date: 22 Jan 2004 23:08:36 EST

Nick Maclaren wrote:


> I first came across it (in the late 1960s) in the form that you get
> 90% of the benefit for 10% of the effort; in that form, it is a pretty
> good rule of thumb.


Not forgetting the 90/10 rule as applied to schedules :


      The first 90% of the job takes the first 90% of the time;
      the last 10% of the job takes the other 90% of the time.


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-- Jim


James Cownie <jcownie@etnus.com>
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[Actually, it's the other 90% of the job takes the other 90% of the time. -John]


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