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40 or so years later, the book Peopleware by DeMarco and Lister remains the best quantitative study on environmental impacts on developer productivity. The wor
by yodon 2y ago
40 or so years later, the book Peopleware by DeMarco and Lister remains the best quantitative study on environmental impacts on developer productivity.
The world has changed significantly since it was written, so you have to translate their measurements to modern contexts, but it's easier to translate real data on human behavior than to guess based on guesses.
- froh 2y agothe OP is a journalistic summary of Breaking the Flow: A Study of Interruptions During Software Engineering Activities Yimeng Ma, Yu Huang, Kevin Leach (2024) icsi Portugal it's not properly quoted, but it's directly linked, prominently. yes, I agree, peopleware is on the must have reading list, but this article certainly is not guesses on guesses
- NomDePlum 2y agoPeopleware is indeed still very relevant. Always felt Slack by DeMarco made important points around efficiency seeking damaging actual effectiveness, which I always found very convincing and chimed with my own experience.