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Ninety-Ninety Rule

By Bob Plankers on Oct 25, 2007 in Featured, Quotes

“The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.”

- Tom Cargill, Bell Labs

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  2. By Clément on Oct 25, 2007 | Reply

    I hate it to admit it but i just don’t get it :) (total 180% ??)

  3. By Bob Plankers on Oct 26, 2007 | Reply

    It’s like the 80/20 rule, only funny. :-)

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