Playing with Play-Doh

[levi]

Remeber that the last 5% can often be the hardest part of a project.

It's the old 80-20 rule in recursion. The final 20% of any project takes as long as the first 80% of it, and of that 20%, 20% of it takes as long as the rest of it, and of that, 20% of it takes as long as the rest, and so on.

 

[blazing_grey]

I've always heard it as the 80-80 rule: "The first 80% of progress takes the first 80% of the time, and the last 20% of progress takes the other 80% of the time."

 

[ible]

from what i can mathematically interpret from you, @levi, we have the formula:

1 + (1/2 + (1/4 + ...))

where the first 1 is the time it takes to do the first 80% of the work, and the (1/2 + ...) is the time it takes to do the last 20% of the work, which is simply equal to 1. this is just simply saying that it takes 2 times the amount of time required to do the first 80% of the work.

when was 80% of the work completed ?

 

[FIQ]

I've always heard it as the 80-80 rule: "The first 80% of progress takes the first 80% of the time, and the last 20% of progress takes the other 80% of the time."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-ninety_rule

 

[rygD]

Being no good with such things myself, it seems to me that what levi was saying is that as the project gets further along less stuff takes longer to get done, and as there is less to do those things continue to take longer, never actually reaching a point of completion. I prefer the 80-80 version. Edit: Or 90-90.

 

[levi]

No, it will complete, just you only get anything really done in the last femto-second of the project.

 

[rygD]

You sure? That sounds backwards. Shouldn't it be more like tightening the last screw takes infinitely long? I am cool with having a few screws loose as long as everything else is good.

 

[Djoga'Ro]

Nah, tightening those srews takes as long as it takes. It's just the observer falling into the rabbit-hole.

 

[elwing]

when was 80% of the work completed ?

2 months ago...

 

[Bernd]

There is a saying in my company:
At the project end, 90% of our projects are 80% finished.

 

[waGL]

"1/2 + 1/4... which is simply equal to 1"

You are oversimplifying an infinite series and you know it. Everyone start pointing fingers!

 

[mecksg1]

"1/2 + 1/4... which is simply equal to 1"

You are oversimplifying an infinite series and you know it. Everyone start pointing fingers!

im point the finger at you man

 

[ArchiMark]

Nah, tightening those srews takes as long as it takes. It's just the observer falling into the rabbit-hole.

Especially, if you use ambi-helical screws.......

The more you tighten them, the looser they get.....

 

[Djoga'Ro]

Especially, if you use ambi-helical screws.......

The more you tighten them, the looser they get.....

It's a good thing then, that for the Pyra only heptagonal screws are good enough.

 

[Klumpen]

Serious business

 

[rygD]

Pyra not included.

So many recent news threads, I expect a new one soonish. Hopefully it will only be good news.

 

[Hồng Thất Công]

It's the old 80-20 rule in recursion. The final 20% of any project takes as long as the first 80% of it, and of that 20%, 20% of it takes as long as the rest of it, and of that, 20% of it takes as long as the rest, and so on.

Sounds like the way governments work.
Can't finish anything

 

[mecksg1]

I've always heard it as the 80-80 rule: "The first 80% of progress takes the first 80% of the time, and the last 20% of progress takes the other 80% of the time."

Noooooooooooooooooo

 

[SNESFAN]

Sounds like the way governments work.
Can't finish anything

I thought the 80/20 rule for the government was 80% of the people do 20% of the work and the last 20% do 80% of the work

 

[netcat]

80% of you are 20% right