I am inclined to agree with Steve (Do you hear that Steve?). For example, one of the metrics of computer programming productivity is the number of lines of fully debugged and test code that a team writes per day. A metric of an academic's productivity is the number of peer-reviewed papers published per year. This is of course not the place to discuss whether or not these metrics are appropriate.
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