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Useful Hints for Software Project Planning?

Posted by Cliff on from the tips-to-help-you-code-better dept.

staaktdenarbeid asks: "Over my software-writing career, I noticed that development efficiency closely follows the 80/20-rule. That is, 80% of the progress is made during 20% of the time. The rest of the time, er ...well you are waiting for the next big idea. No matter how well planned a project is, it turns out that true progress is only made at very few points over the entire project lifetime. I would like to ask other Slashdot developers for their experiences, and if they know (and apply) project planning techniques that create a smoother development path."

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  1. the 80/20 rule by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    the 80/20 rule is the deepest truth I have come across. 20% of the people have 80% of the brain cycles, 20% of the people commit 80% of the crime, 20% (techies) of employees contribute 80% of the company's output, 20% of statistics cover 80% of the cases where a statistic would be good, 20% of the people (not /.ers) have 80% of the sex. 20% of the 80/20 rules cover 80% of the general cases.

  2. Shoot the Boss ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Then you can adopt the old shift the milestones approach.

    It works for M$ ;)