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Efficiency and Effectiveness

Efficiency is doing things right. It is determining how to do something the right way in the right amount of time.

Effectiveness is doing the right thing. Effectiveness is determining what to do at the right time.

Efficiency is focusing on one thing, whereas effectiveness is focusing on when to do one thing in relationship to a sequence or the system.

It is possible to do the wrong thing right. It is usually more efficient to start by focusing on effectiveness.