Like many of my other friends, Hareesh was also fascinated by the IT world. He pursued bachelors in computer science and joined an IT company. His team builds an information system for a multi-national company. He was thrilled to be part of such a great job. He loved the job and used to spend most of his day in the office. He aimed excellence in everything and so he worked very hard to achieve the quality output. But in the process he used to miss the deadlines. His inexperience in the job made the situation even worse. This had demoralized Hareesh. After a week, he called his US manager and said “I am unable to balance between the time and quality. I am missing the deadlines frequently and its demoralizing me. Is there any possibility to extend some deadlines or to have additional team members?”
His US Manager said, “Don’t worry. I too faced this dilemma initially. See Hareesh, we can follow 80-20 rule. 80% of the tasks will take just 20% of the total time and 20% will take 80% of the time. So, first complete those 80% tasks and then if you have enough time, attend to the other 20%. Most of the people would be happy if you complete just 80%. So, plan and go ahead.”
After returning from the office, Hareesh said 80-20 rule to me and praised his US manager a lot. He changed his attitude slightly according to it and achieved good results.
His US Manager said, “Don’t worry. I too faced this dilemma initially. See Hareesh, we can follow 80-20 rule. 80% of the tasks will take just 20% of the total time and 20% will take 80% of the time. So, first complete those 80% tasks and then if you have enough time, attend to the other 20%. Most of the people would be happy if you complete just 80%. So, plan and go ahead.”
After returning from the office, Hareesh said 80-20 rule to me and praised his US manager a lot. He changed his attitude slightly according to it and achieved good results.
