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And yet somehow we're still surprised when clueless managers try to measure productivity in lines of code or quality in test coverage percentage...
by bowlofpetunias 13y ago
And yet somehow we're still surprised when clueless managers try to measure productivity in lines of code or quality in test coverage percentage...
- rodw 13y agoI don't see the comparison. TFA isn't about a productivity metric, it's about establishing a habit. Everyone from Jerry Seinfeld to Anne Lamott to Pablo Picasso extoll the virtue of making a habit of doing some work--even sometimes crappy or merely symbolic work--every day. ("Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working") But that said, it's not as if doing something every day is totally uncorrelated to productivity. Sure, it's a proxy metric at most, but doing something is eventually a prerequisite to productivity. But then again, maybe I'm a "clueless manager" type because I'd also argue that test-coverage isn't totally unrelated to quality. It's also a proxy metric and one that's relatively easy to game, but come on, is there anything in software development you find measurable?