On Measurement
December 12th, 2005
So my boss walks into the room and slaps a print-out on the wall with some tape. It says:
Gilb’s Law: Anything you need to quantify can be measured in some way that is superior to not measuring at all.
— (Tom Gilb)
Kent’s corollary: Any imperfect measurement can be abused during planning and decision-making by assuming a level of precision greater than what the measurement actually delivers.