ninety-ninety rule (English, noun)
expansion: the ninety-ninety rule
Senses:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A humorous aphorism stating that the first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time, and the remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.
Forms:
form: the ninety-ninety rule
tags: canonical