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How to tackle this task over the summer?

Consider adopting Pareto Principle – change 20% of most frequently used resources to drive 80% of traffic to accessible resources. 

As easy as A, B C ...





Additional information about making different types of resources accessible is available on the


Creating Accessible Content from the Information Services Division.



Accessibility and Pareto Principle Poster

Accessibility and Pareto Principle Poster


Pareto Principle

80/20 Rule


Mathematically, the 80/20 rule is roughly followed by a power law distribution (also known as a Pareto distribution) and many natural phenomena have been shown empirically to exhibit such a distribution.

In computer science the Pareto principle can be applied to optimisation efforts. For example, Microsoft noted that by fixing the top 20% of the most-reported bugs, 80% of the related errors and crashes in a given system would be eliminated.

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