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		zwieback on April 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bus factor I've always preferred the term "bus number". Factor seems to imply multiplication but bus number is really a kind of non-linear subtractive thing.

humanrebar on April 25, 2014 [–]

Bus coefficient?

Multiplication could plausibly be involved if the cost to the project compounds with the number of lost team members.

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