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There mostly isn't any sort of objective measurement of effectiveness (if there was, everyone would use it).

• chrishynes 10y ago
  You can't go based on something purely objective like lines of code, but a good code review will tell you if someone is working or slacking.
  • tbrownaw 10y ago
    And when I spend the day planning ahead, or helping other team members research things, or bug hunting, or...?
    • marcosdumay 10y ago
      Well, you really shouldn't measure any kind of human productivity on a daily scale.
    • ozim 10y ago
      Yeah, I spent last week clarifying stuff with business analyst and QA person. Cleaning up delivery with small changes. When my team mate wrote quite a lot of code that need bunch of fixes. How to measure productivity.
    • chrishynes 10y ago
      Those things should also produce artifacts that can be reviewed by someone knowledgeable in tech. Besides, it's not a day by day review, it should be week or month. If you haven't produced any artifacts in a week or a month then...