Comments on: A sort of opposite to Parkinson’s Law http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/10/19/a-sort-of-opposite-to-parkinsons-law/ The blog of John D. Cook Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:51:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: vlorbik http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/10/19/a-sort-of-opposite-to-parkinsons-law/comment-page-1/#comment-26296 vlorbik Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:26:07 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3449#comment-26296 outstanding post! shorter cook's law: haste makes waste. meanwhile: hurry makes worry. i noticed that years ago but have never typed it out till now. outstanding post!
shorter cook’s law: haste makes waste.
meanwhile: hurry makes worry.
i noticed that years ago
but have never typed it out till now.

]]> By: Wedge http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/10/19/a-sort-of-opposite-to-parkinsons-law/comment-page-1/#comment-26222 Wedge Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:48:34 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3449#comment-26222 The surest way to go slow, in software development, is to cut corners while trying to go fast. There are countless examples of this style of infinite defect development resulting in massive schedule slippage and uncertainty. It's not entirely surprising that having the mental breathing room of knowing that you have more than enough resources available to get things done "the right way" can lead to efficiencies which result in getting done faster. The fascinating aspect is that such efficiencies may occasionally be on the scale of orders of magnitude rather than incremental differences. Perhaps more than occasionally. It'd be great to see more research on this. The surest way to go slow, in software development, is to cut corners while trying to go fast. There are countless examples of this style of infinite defect development resulting in massive schedule slippage and uncertainty. It’s not entirely surprising that having the mental breathing room of knowing that you have more than enough resources available to get things done “the right way” can lead to efficiencies which result in getting done faster.

The fascinating aspect is that such efficiencies may occasionally be on the scale of orders of magnitude rather than incremental differences. Perhaps more than occasionally.

It’d be great to see more research on this.

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