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I have to disagree on that one. because in practice, the difference between min and max would be several order of magnitudes larger than 10. (IMO) I did consid

I have to disagree on that one. because in practice, the difference between min and max would be several order of magnitudes larger than 10. (IMO) I did consider mentioning average or median, but of one self over different times rather than comparing different people. As others mentioned, 10x is symbolic not to be taken literally, and I have not done a study to feel comfortable with the number 2.5x (as I said, I personally don't agree with this number) btw, I'm looking up that study. do you mean "Peopleware - Productive Projects and Teams"?

valbaca 6y ago
Yes. Chapter 8. Pulls from several studies. See Notes, page 229
- username90 6y ago
  But that study says that a majority of people submitted work with defects. So if you count the time until a defect free product is delivered it would massively increase the difference in performance, as the slower people typically had more defects.