bikeshed effect
The bike shed effect (also known as the parkinson’s law of triviality) is an issue commonly known in corporate and consulting circles.while it takes its roots in the corporate domain, it is relevant in personal development too. examples of the bike shed effect in action. Subject: a bike shed (any colour will do) on greener grass... from: poul-henning kamp <phk@freebsd.org> date: sat, 02 oct 1999 16:14:10 +0200 message-id: <18238.938873650@critter.freebsd.dk> sender: phk@critter.freebsd.dk bcc: blind distribution list: ; mime-version: 1.0 [bcc'ed to committers, hackers] my last pamphlet was sufficiently well received that i was not scared away from sending. Parkinson's law of triviality is also known as the bike shed effect. it is based around an imaginary management meeting where the committee came together to discuss nuclear plant plans and other smaller matters. the nuclear plant plans were passed within minutes and on of the minor matters, the colour of the bike shed was discussed for hours..
bikeshed effect
Parkinson's law of triviality (bikeshedding): parkinson's law of triviality is an observation about the human tendency to devote a great deal of time to unimportant details while crucial matters go unattended.. In july of this year i went in to see the doctor about the lump on my toe that had become increasingly painful to walk on. assuming it was the result of the joint having been broken so many times by my clumsy ass i assumed it may need surgery..
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