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For the non engineer, what's the difference?



Effectiveness measures results. A 98% efficient process that never achieves its goal is 0% effective. Focusing on efficiency that is not effective sometimes overlaps with the "missing the forest for the trees" problem. A 1% efficient process that always achieves its goal is 100% effective.


They're two different words even for non-engineers.




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