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well, there are different rules for different things... it's
not the number
of pages, it's the number of words :)
back in the
early days of pulp fiction, writers were paid by the word, not
the
story... the more words, the more money. Made for very very detailed
stories :)
>From: "Toepke, Kevin M"
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>Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 07:05:52 -0800
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>Come on
Rachel. You mean that lines of code is not a good measure of
a
>programmer's productivity? Next thing you'll tell me the its not the
number
>of pages that makes a book good? :->
>
>(fleeing
for my life)
>
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>Nuno, you are preaching to the choir here I
think :)
>
>There was a manager in that same shop who measured her
programmers
>abilities
>
>by the number of lines of code
they wrote in a day. She also said to me
>once
>
>"I don't
like to waste time on design"
>
>Truly. And they
wondered why people kept quitting on her.
>
>
>
>
>From: "Nuno Souto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >Subject: Re: OT: Working from
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> >Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 02:45:53 -0800
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>
>----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > > So we all
lied a lot. And this was "sitting at our desks"
> > >
>
>
> ><rant>
> >That IMHO is the main flaw of all
these new management techniques
> >and "metrics" being pushed by
methodology reps. They are
> >very good when dealing with coal
face workers. They haven't got
> >a chance in hell of
accurately representing working patterns when
> >dealing with a
technical job. Most of them are extrapolated
> >from factory
environments, where the amount of work is easy to
> >measure in terms
of units/hour. Since none of them even make
> >an effort at
defining what's a unit of work for a DBA or a designer
> >or an
"architect" or even an analyst, they fail miserably in
> >properly
tracking this type of job.
> >
> >Result?
Totally incorrect project metrics and cost extrapolations.
>
>Corollary? Make these jobs disappear because of their
"inconvenience"
> >in fitting a flawed model. Not fix the
model.
> >
> >And they wonder why projects can easily
"fail"? They can't even
> >accurately define "failure"
nowadays!
> ></rant>
> >
> >Cheers
>
>Nuno Souto
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http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den>
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