Pareto analysis
noun[CorU]
ECONOMICS,WORKPLACE,PRODUCTIONukusamethodforfindingthemaincausesof aparticulareffectorproblemso thatmoney,effort, etc. is put into thesecauses,ratherthan lessimportantones:
Paretoanalysisis oftenappliedtodeterminewhichpartsof thedesignare mostworthyofattention.
Compare
ABC analysis