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I've worked in the general automation space for awhile, and agree that time-to-result is rarely the limiting factor. It's also not usually total-person-clock-t
by ethbr0 6y ago
I've worked in the general automation space for awhile, and agree that time-to-result is rarely the limiting factor.
It's also not usually total-person-clock-time.
It's number-of-distinct-manual-steps.
(5 minutes manual) + (15 minutes automation) + (5 minutes manual) + (30 minutes automation) = everyone hates doing it
(10 minutes manual) + (45 minutes automation) = everyone's happy and can use their time productively
- js8 6y agoBecause every manual step means things can go wrong. You might also need to look it up if you don't do it often. All these increase the overhead of manual steps compared to clock time.
- ethbr0 6y agoPartly. I think it's also because manual steps require synchronization. Not only do I have to do something, I also have to set an alarm / watch the clock to know when to do something.