Re:100x Developers
by jononor on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @01:27PM
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Amdahl can be applied directly to sequential tasks in projects.
In project management the overall gains can be even smaller than that. If the task is not on the critical path (ref a GANTT chart), then speeding it up does nothing to overall completion time.
Of course the particular resource can still be freed earlier. Which might make it possible to do other things with it. But nothing on overall completion time.
If one underestimates the swtiching costs of changing the task a resource has, one can end up with negative effects on the original project.
In project management the overall gains can be even smaller than that. If the task is not on the critical path (ref a GANTT chart), then speeding it up does nothing to overall completion time.
Of course the particular resource can still be freed earlier. Which might make it possible to do other things with it. But nothing on overall completion time.
If one underestimates the swtiching costs of changing the task a resource has, one can end up with negative effects on the original project.