Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule) in Software Development

Oliver Karst
5 min readOct 19, 2022

The Pareto Principle can be found in a wide variety of software development work. If we take care of the Pareto Principle, we can highly reduce costs and work effort and build better applications.

The Pareto Principle, commonly referred to as the 80/20 rule, states that 80% of the effect comes from 20% of causes. Or, in terms of work and time management, 20% of your…

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Oliver Karst

Father, Senior Software Architect, technology freak, interested in climate change and carbon-free life, based in Germany. International family and friends.