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> The reason why many managers fail to see and address this problem is that they are used to looking at communication and assume it's a good thing. Because they
by wizzard 7y ago
> The reason why many managers fail to see and address this problem is that they are used to looking at communication and assume it's a good thing. Because they see activity. People are attending meetings, talking to each other, the online presence indicators are bright green. Clearly, a lot of work is happening!
Yes, this. And a similar problem occurs when manager-types try to come up with metrics to measure programmer productivity. Their yardsticks for what constitutes meaningful work, as a manager, cannot simply be translated over to makers.
- kraigie 7y ago>manager-types try to come up with metrics to measure programmer productivity. Plenty can. The CFO types look at profit per commit/schedule whatever. A lot of middle managment types look at activity per commit. The real issue here is that mangement by productivity data. Means most management is deadweight that can be replaced by a spreedsheet with the ability to send form emails to those falling behind on the metrics. Anywhere else would be downsized, but management has enough power go protect it's own existence at the expense of the company.