Measuring developer productivity is notoriously difficult. No two tasks are the same, have the same scope or same pre-defined requirements. There seems to be lo

Measuring developer productivity is notoriously difficult. No two tasks are the same, have the same scope or same pre-defined requirements. There seems to be lots of "bad ways" so I recommend if you need to measure "something" to pick a metric that you feel you want to improve and measure it. Your staff will naturally adjust to improve want is measured. I want to challenge your assertion that every other department has numbers to back their performance. I am skeptical this is true. I don't image HR can bring a meaningful set of numbers to the table demonstrating month to month or quarterly improvement.