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From: Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@g...> Date: Thursday, 28 November 2013 2:59 pm > > It was a philosophy the whole team had bought into - I spoke about it to another team member and he said > > "It's the 80/20" rule. We can get 80% of the transformations we need this way" > > I asked him how they were going to finish 100% of the project and he started looking intently at the screen. This struck a real chord with me. This attitude is not uncommon, and is usually accompanied by an impression that you can just "hand wave" the 20% away. Sadly, for fully automated systems, the 20% is often the bit you should be worried about and you should start by addressing that first. Perhaps that is the sort of knowledge that only experience can bring. A good example close to my heart is page composition. For complex documents XSL-FO can get you 80% of the way there, then what .. ? Gareth Oakes Chief Architect, GPSL www.gpslsolutions.com
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