The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules - the first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.
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Often I feel that projects overwhelm us when we look at how many hours are involved until completion. But just getting started is usually not that difficult.
What do you want to get done? In what order of importance? Over what period of time? What is the time available? What is the best strategy for application of time to projects for the most effective results?
How does a project get to be a year late? One day at a time.
I face every project the same way - do it right and give 110%. 100% isn't good enough.
Every time you work on a project, it's a little vacation from the project you're working on the other 23 hours. That's the thing - it replenishes you to do something else.
You want 100% and 100% to make 200, instead of 50 and 50 making 100.
In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish. I was one of those crazy creatures.
Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated.
I do take lots of time off between projects, but when the right thing comes along, I don't like to turn it down, I've been doing this for a decade, and I remember what it was like when I started. You spend maybe five percent of your time actually doing it, and the rest of the time, you're trying to get that five percent.
How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time.