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studies show a clear trend – output is up (more code, more commits, bigger diffs), but outcomes don’t reflect that trend. If anything, the average team is taking longer to ship worse software

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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 112 points 1 week ago (10 children)

output is up (more code, more commits, bigger diffs)

We've known measuring output by lines of code is counterproductive for a long time.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 46 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Has management known that?

A lot of problems seem to be downstream from "management are idiots and assholes"

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm sure there were pockets but it legitimately seemed like that dragon had been slain until recently. Trying to assign more meaning to scrum points has been in vogue for a while though.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My team assigns both hours and points to tasks. I've never seen the points used for anything but they still spend time on it.

[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

That's... an interesting approach.

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