On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:55:08 +0100 Peter Humphrey <pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 September 2011 23:53:16 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > Ninety-Ninety Rule Of Project Schedules - The first ninety percent > > of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten > > percent takes the other ninety percent of the time. > > Where I worked we used to say the first 50% of the project takes the > first 90% of the time, and the other50% of the project takes the > other 90% of the time. > Our rule of thumb for estimated schedules is to get the worst possible estimate for how long it will take. Then multiply by pi -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
