The Last 10% or: How to Keep Your Software Development On Time and Under Budget
November 17, 2009 | software | No comments yet.
As Lincoln Loop has evolved and grown over the last year, we’ve learned a lot not only about software development, but also about all the things that accompany it like budgeting, estimating, and scheduling. Probably the most important one is the ninety-ninety rule. It states:
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.
The lesson here is that when you think you are almost done with a project, chances are there is still a lot of work left to do. Knowing the rule is all well and good, but it doesn’t help you overcome it. The important skill is being able to adjust your thinking and planning to match the estimated amount of work to the actual amount of work. When you can do this, budgeting ...
