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One thing this ecosystem is missing is a measure of how effective people are after switching from one tool or another. E.g. our company implemented the use of
by SquishyPanda23 6y ago
One thing this ecosystem is missing is a measure of how effective people are after switching from one tool or another.
E.g. our company implemented the use of Zettelkasten in a randomized trial and engineering efficiency improved by x% in the experimental group compared with y% in the control group.
It seems like much of the ecosystem is like some areas of the Linux ecosystem, where the goal is more to focus on getting the tools and process just so than on the impact the tooling has on actual productivity.
- jpxw 6y agoHow do you quantify “efficiency“?
- SquishyPanda23 6y agoHowever you like. Presumably people invest in these tools for some reason. Maybe "developer ergonomics survey results" is one definition of the goal is just for people to feel more in command of their area of work.
- iamstupidsimple 6y ago<s>Lines of code / time</s>
- Kinrany 6y agoRe: research on engineering efficiency, there needs to be a baseline to compare with, and a way to make the studies reproducible.
- SquishyPanda23 6y agoYes, I agree. That's why my example was a randomized trial. But you could also compare with a baseline from results in the previous year or whatever.
- nl 6y agoI can't imagine any really defensible way to measure this quantitatively. Research outcomes are almost impossible to measure in the first place (see debates about citation metrics). Qualitative research would be somewhat useful, but there's issues with that approach too.