"Managing software developers is hard enough. There are many reasons why managing developers is hard, but chief among them is that it is difficult ( if not impossible) to measure the process of writing software."
"We've measured lines of code, story points, hours spent in the seat, hours spent per task, bugs fixed per week, and who knows what else. None of these metrics seems to work, and they all end up getting gamed."
"Similar things were going on at Microsoft and Salesforce. This is just the latest chapter in an age-old battle, and it is a really bad idea. Maximum bad"
Software development management is difficult because the process of writing software is hard to measure. Multiple measurement approaches have been tried, including lines of code, story points, time spent in the seat, time spent per task, and bugs fixed per week. These metrics do not work reliably and tend to be manipulated. As a result, attempts to quantify progress or productivity fail to produce accurate signals. Similar issues occur across major companies, reflecting an ongoing conflict over how to manage developer work. The overall outcome is that metric-driven management becomes a bad idea with maximum negative impact.
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