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