Alexey Zinger wrote:
At the risk of sounding like an aging hippie, which I am not, you
can't put a measure on creativity that way, man, and software
engineering is a largely creative endeavor, man. Even when we talk
about support of existing software, one's job rarely involves doing
the exact same thing twice -- you have to think, make decisions, and
execute. Only the latter part can be measured in some number. How do
you express the quality of an individual's or a team's thinking and
decision making? I think there is only one way short of staying close
to them and personally involved in what they do -- with objective
results. Is their output selling? Is it causing problems down the
road? Are customers happy? Etc.
I can't but agree. After all, are we paid for delivering working
software or LoC? Productivity should be measured in function of gained
money in the middle and long term.
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