Peopleware records Gilb’s Law as the principle that anything needing quantification can be measured in some way better than not measuring it at all.

Format Book / Offline paper

Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 12: DARK INFORMATION Good Enough to Build

"Peopleware records Gilb’s Law as the principle that anything needing quantification can be measured in some way better than not measuring it at all."

DeMarco and Lister include a section titled “Gilb’s Law” and attribute the measurability principle to Tom Gilb.

Source title Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams, 3rd Edition

Source authors Tom DeMarco; Tim Lister

Source year 2013

Confidence high

Importance high