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That’s true. And I guess depending on the job/manager you could replace lines of code with “user-visible changes to app”, etc.
by kevsim 6y ago
That’s true. And I guess depending on the job/manager you could replace lines of code with “user-visible changes to app”, etc.
- csharptwdec19 6y agoI've seen that abused all the way to management, where meaningless new features are prioritized ahead of bugs
- qayxc 6y agoThat'll be exploited as well. The number of pointless UI and feature changes would skyrocket without the app actually getting better or gaining meaningful functionality. Meta-metrics might be much more helpful, though harder to come up with, quantify and monitor. Things like defect rates, user reported incidents, user satisfaction, stuff like that. Things that cannot easily be gamed from within the development process and that are still directly linked to the success and economic viability of the product and its development methodology (though on a higher level).
- kevsim 6y agoI wasn’t suggesting that as a good metric. More like “if isn’t LoC, it’ll be some other terrible metric”