There is a huge problem with trying to increase productivity in functions, processes and in business teams. Measurements of productivity look at the efficiency of a task. The assumption: if companies ...
You may have heard the phrase “what gets measured gets managed.” So when we want something done, we slap a metric on it and manage toward that metric. Seems reasonable enough, right? It’s not, though.
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You can’t possibly evaluate every team based on the same criteria. What constitutes success for a marketing team will differ vastly from ...
In recent years, the integration of eye-tracking technologies in laptop webcams has introduced a new dimension to employee productivity metrics. This technological advancement promises enhanced ...
It’s all about people, process, and good data. Good friend George Dinwiddie has a blog about software development, and George's latest posting caught my attention. George talks about the balance ...
With the rise of AI-generated code, development teams must become smarter about how they conduct code reviews, apply security tests, and automate their testing. Imagine a world where measuring ...
This is a cautionary tale. A common thread ties together the work of Frederick Taylor and the pioneers of scientific management at the beginning of the 20th century, the industrial engineers who ...
When a company’s leadership isn’t as knowledgeable about the processes of building and maintaining technology as their employees, it can be difficult to show the full picture of the results your tech ...
A survey of 500 US and UK software developers conducted by J L Partners has found that 70% of software projects fail to be delivered on time, despite 83% of developers saying delivery performance is ...
GitHub co-created a comprehensive framework for measuring developer productivity. Dubbed SPACE, the framework busts misconceptions around productivity and helps managers zoom out. Following this ...