There is that
rule. I don't remember where I heard it, neither do I know who first thought of it, but it basically states that
FIRST 20% OF
WORK IS DONE IN
FIRST 80% OF
TIME GIVEN,
AND
LAST 80% OF
WORK IS DONE
LAST 20% OF
TIME.
I recall that when it was mentioned it was applied to
programming, but it generally applies to everything (no, other everything).
Also the
main trick of this rule is it's
Recursiveness.
It can be
applied again to the 20% of time and 80% of work we have left. And to new
values we get.
Eventually, if you plot a
graph of work left to time left till the
deadline, you will get a
hyperbola
(with time aproaching 0, relative work aproaches
INFINITY)
grr, ok I will post it here, but only to make
antonz Sit the fuck down, and Shut the fuck up!
This rule applies only to personal projects, stuff that you write on your own! For team projercts, this rule is inversed!