I have experimented with this number---Note that it includes professional development, e.g., journal reading, web browsing, meeting attendance and the like, things that are not immediately relevant to the task at hand ---and I do not think 5% is enough.
It is low by the standards of other professions. Medical doctors, for example, devote as much as 25% of their time to this sort of thing. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
