On Fri, March 28, 2008 1:46 pm, Christopher Smith wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:56:20AM -0700, James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, a measurement(definition) of "productivity" is practically
>>> impossible.
>>>
>>
>> I was about to say that but you beat me to it.  Incredible!
>> Are we really saying that a manager has no way to determine who is the
>> most
>> productive amongst his coders?  I think we'd agree that we can tell
>> between
>> an extrememly bad and an extremely good coder.  The problem is
>> distinguishing
>> between 2 faily equally matched coders.
>>
> Yeah, the problem is one of an objective and precise measurement. I
> believe "function points" were supposed to address this.
>
> --Chris

Ah, yes. I remember those. I always wanted to ask how many function points
could dance on the head of a pin.

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