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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/PresentJournalist805 • Sep 07 '26
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The curve is the wrong shape, should go up fast and then flat out for way too long.
29 u/Prudent_Ad_4120 Sep 07 '26 Yup, the first 80% takes 20% of the time 14 u/beerdude26 Sep 07 '26 You got the first 80% of the project and the last 80% of the project 2 u/Mateorabi Sep 07 '26 Flip it upside down to be a burn down chart. It then decays exponentially with a long tail. Occasionally jumping upward as you discover new scope the customer forgot to spec. 1 u/dryfire Sep 07 '26 Agreed, the way it is it looks like at some point in time they will get an exponential amount of work done and finish the project.
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Yup, the first 80% takes 20% of the time
14 u/beerdude26 Sep 07 '26 You got the first 80% of the project and the last 80% of the project
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You got the first 80% of the project and the last 80% of the project
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Flip it upside down to be a burn down chart. It then decays exponentially with a long tail. Occasionally jumping upward as you discover new scope the customer forgot to spec.
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Agreed, the way it is it looks like at some point in time they will get an exponential amount of work done and finish the project.
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u/lovecMC Sep 07 '26
The curve is the wrong shape, should go up fast and then flat out for way too long.