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  • THE ANALYTICAL TRIANGLE

    Filed at 4:08 am under by dcobranchi

    Analytical chemists have long used a tool called the triangle for explaining to customers the facts of life. On the corners of the triangle are written the words Accurate, Cheap, and Fast. The customer with a request is told that they can only choose two. They can have have a cheap and fast test, but it won’t be accurate. Or they can have accuracy at a low cost, but it will take some time to develop and to signal average.

    NASA has their own version of the triangle, that they call Faster, Better, Cheaper. But they try to deliver all three. Predictably, it hasn’t worked out so well.

    Later today they’ll have the latest installment of Faster, Better, Cheaper. I hope they beat the odds.

    One Response to “THE ANALYTICAL TRIANGLE”


    Comment by
    Andrea_R
    May 26th, 2008
    at 9:56 am

    Programmers use the same triangle to figure out our fees. 🙂