Peopleware was one of the sources for the "10x" concept. However, the book only said the best:worst ratio was 10:1. As for the rest: Count on the best perfor

Peopleware was one of the sources for the "10x" concept. However, the book only said the best:worst ratio was 10:1. As for the rest: Count on the best performer being about 2.5 times better than the median performer. Count on the half better-than-median performers outdoing the other half by more than 2:1. http://javatroopers.com/Peopleware.html http://javatroopers.com/Peopleware.html