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sure we can quantify it.* Give Alice and Bob the same task. See who can do it faster / better. (obviously better can apply on multiple levels - but the tasks s
by whatusername 18y ago
sure we can quantify it.*
Give Alice and Bob the same task. See who can do it faster / better. (obviously better can apply on multiple levels - but the tasks should clarify that. Performance, errors, scaling, maintenance, etc)
At the end (maybe of 12 months to allow for maintenance) you'll have a quantifiable result saying that Bob is more productive than alice.. (for that task - and probably tasks like it)
* I didn't say that it was easy or that we should spend that much time on a pissing match.
- gruseom 18y agoIt sounds to me like what you're saying is that it's easy to measure productivity, all we have to do is measure quality. :)
- JesseAldridge 18y agoYes, we do need to measure quality. And maybe a simple metric wouldn't work, but a skilled programmer should be able to hold two results up side by side and judge for himself which is better. Controlled experiments with human judges seem like the best answer.