For years, people have been trying to figure out the ways to measure Software Development performance, starting with counting lines of code to measuring man hours and productivity. In the age of modern software, if we count lines of code then we are actively encouraging the team to create complex systems that over time will become harder to maintain. Why do we need more code if we can do a better job with less? Quite similarly, productivity means nothing on its own. If we produce loads of things that are useless, we aren’t really being productive.
I think we are looking at the problem in the wrong way, and there is perhaps a need to look at more meaningful metrics.
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This article by Saravanan Annadurai was published on CEO Insights
