Productivity
Improving and measuring productivity
- How can I increase velocity when I’m already at full speed?
Some really great advice from Mathias Meyer on how to respond when when your CEO asks you and your team to "go faster" - Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey
Gergely Orosz and Kent Beck clearly lay out the challenges with measuring developer productivity and the dangers of following McKinsey's advice - Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey, Part 2
Part 2 of Gergely Orosz and Kent Beck's insightful articles on measuring developer productivity - Meetings *are* the work
Elizabeth Ayer challenges the trope that meetings aren’t work - Where we’re going wrong with developer productivity
Cat Hicks dispels some key productivity myths, and gives guidance on what to do instead - Measuring engineering efficiency at LinkedIn
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Max Kanat-Alexander gives some great insights into the pitfalls of measuring and improving developer productivity - Reduce friction
Minimising friction is key when it comes to helping your team succeed, and Ceej Silverio's guidance really hits the nail on the head - Cannot measure productivity
Martin Fowler's reminder of the issues with measuring productivity in software development