Re: RE: RE: programmer productivity.

[Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike

Agreed.

That's the management component. But you have more chance of justifying a 
few lean or bad months in numerical terms if you can point to some goods 
ones ! :)

Cheers

Evan Harris

>MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com writes:
> >No measure is perfect, so I'd probably look for two or three measures I
> >can
> >provide every month that would provide an indicator of performance along
> >a
> >couple of lines of reference.
> >
> >I realise this is a technical list (that's why I subscribe) but I think
> >us
> >technical types have to learn to tango with the management boys and that
> >means speaking in the terms they understand and delivering on the kinds
> >of
> >things business expect to see when they have dollars invested. Maybe
> >that's
> >why we see so many NT  boxes getting wheeled in around the traps.....
>
>Well said -- I agree. OTOH, while I think some sort of measurement process
>is important, I think that too much reliance on measurables can be a bad
>idea. In my experience, the most successful companies have been run by
>people who were able to make decisions based partly on "objective" factors
>and partly on gut feelings. One of the worst was run by people who set up
>decision matrices for everything and never did anything unless they could
>justify it with a five-page memo. They ended up wasting huge amounts of
>time and money on committees and consultants, and it was a very
>frustrating place to work.
>
>The trick (as usual) is to find the right balance. . . .
>
>Mike Naughton
>Senior Programmer/Analyst
>Judd Wire, Inc.
>124 Turnpike Road
>Turners Falls, MA  01376
>413-863-4357 x444
>mnaughton@juddwire.com
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