Re: Job Accounting

John,

Define "work."

        Time signed on

        Time actually keying something

        Time reading something in a manual

        Time spent staring at the wall planning what to do

        Time spent writing code on a white board, with changes,
corrections, and pseudo code

        Time reading the screen trying to figure out what the previous
programmers did

        Time spent waiting for a compile to complete

        Time spent keying test data

        Time spent waiting for test run to complete

        Time....

Well, you get the picture.  It's very difficult to analyze exactly what a
programmer does and what counts as 'productive' time.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com



>Hi everyone,
>
>We use contractor programmers on and off site. I am looking for some
>software than can keep up with how much actual time a person works on the
>system not just signed on. If anyone knows of this type of software I would
>appreciate the info.
>
>Thanks;
>
>John Harrison
>Nucor Steel - Arkansas
>jharrison@nucorar.com



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