Corollary of Parkinson's law Work expands to fill the available time.

Horstman's Corollary to Parkinson's Law

Source status: Attributed to Mark Horstman

Work contracts to fit in the time we give it.

- Mark Horstman

Category: Murphy's Miscellaneous Laws

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This law belongs with Murphy's Miscellaneous Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.

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