What is the "Bus Factor" of Your Project?

7 · Vishnu Haridas · Sept. 1, 2021, 9:50 p.m.
I came across the term “bus factor” a couple of years ago, and since then I always keep an eye on the bus factor of the projects or other mission-critical things in my life. I always try to keep the bus factor more than one whenever possible. Wait, wait, what’s a “bus factor”? From Wikipedia, the bus factor is a measurement of the risk resulting from information and capabilities not being shared among team members, derived from the phrase “in case they get hit by a bus.” The term “hit by bus” is...