I've heard the 80 / 20 rule applied to almost any kind of human activity ranging from development to sales to learning, to religious spirituality. What I haven't heard yet is a shred of evidence that the rule is true<smile>. I'm an optimist about humanity and think that 70 / 30 is more correct but freely admit this is my opinion only. Regards, Wayne
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 9:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: The "80/20 Rule" There's a rule of thumb in software development (actually, any type of product development) that 80% of the beneficial functionality is achieved with 20% of the effort. To realize the remaining 20% benefit, 80% more effort can be expected to be spent to achieve that. Another anecdotal tale here regarding software development; when I worked at Bell Labs I recall seeing a cartoon-like diagram of the software development process depicting six faces ranging from an ape-like humanoid to a quite sophisticated looking Western European gentleman with various forms of evolutionary stages of human ancestry. The notion being portrayed in the caricature of software development as an evolving process. ---------------- Holland's Boy, Bill - "Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom." - Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator and author, 1561-1626 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
