ABSTRACT
This section focuses on some methods that can be used to find pattern and meaning in numbers. You may already be familiar with some or all of them. If so, move on. We look at:
Imagine that you want to know how long to allow for a particular part of a process. You check back in the records and find that, on the previous ten occasions it has been performed, the activity has taken the following numbers of days:
2, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 6, 10, 5, 4
As it stands, you can’t do much with this data. You need to find an average figure that you can build into your schedule.
