Nik's Laws

If Murphy and Confucius can do it, so can I.

• Nik's Law On Duration: Task duration will expand to fill the time allotted, plus 15%.
• Nik's Law on Productivity: 49% of the work is completed in the first 10% of the available time. 49% of the work is completed in the last 10% of the available time.

Lesson: Budget accordingly. To manage time consumption, assign aggressive time frames, but only one milestone at a time. These serve as checkpoints where you can adjust the tack and method as necessary. Work should be "mashed up" as rapidly and free-form as possible in the first 10% of the time by creative souls. Then, a new team should take over. They should have a skill set more focused on organization, metrics, and steady implementation. The creative team should step back in for the last 10%.