Web Activity 4: 80/20 Activity

I had a little trouble completing this assignment at first. I am a very visual and kinesthetic learner and when I looked at the image representing the 80/20 rule I had to slowly analyze the parts. When I see an image and a number I expect to see the actual written number to be complemented with the same visual image representation. All that being said, the color, size, and proportions were what I focused on.

In analyzing the image using the PAT or TAP model I first looked at the image as a whole. The first thing that caught my eye was color. After reading in Malamed about grouping and color I thought the image could have been more effective is there was a consistent color for the outfits. For example, the peoples' outfits on the 20% side would be in one color and the peoples' outfits on the 80% side would be a different color. The next thing that stuck out to me was that the percentages did not match up to the number of people. The 80% had eight bills and the 20% had two bills, but the people were opposite, which confused me. I understand when reading the statement, "80% of sales are made by 20% of salesmen," that a small number of employees do the majority of the sales/work, but when looking at it visually it confused me.

After analyzing the image I decided to re-create another image. I decided to focus on size and color mostly. I matched the 80% to the size of box and size in font. I did the same for 20% (or at least tried to)! I also decided to match the eight bills to match the 80% of sales that were made (money with money) and matched the 20% of salesmen with two people (people with people). By grouping the 'likes' I hope to have created a different approach and view to the 80/20 rule. Below is my version!