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Re:Effective Engineer – Notes by guelo on Thursday December 28, 2017 @02:30PM (#16024246)
I don't think so. Leverage has a precise concrete meaning in this article. We shouldn't avoid a descriptive accurate term just because it's for an abstract higher-order concept.
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Re:Effective Engineer – Notes by IronKettle on Thursday December 28, 2017 @02:37PM (#16024308)
> Leverage has a precise concrete meaning in this article.

Er, not really. From the article:

> Leverage = Impact Produced / Time Invested

"Impact Produced" has a precise, concrete meaning?

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Re:Effective Engineer – Notes by barrkel on Thursday December 28, 2017 @02:41PM (#16024340)
Sure. For software, it might be reuse of a component. Reuse leverages existing code. This is precise, unambiguous, and frankly uncontroversial.
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Re:Effective Engineer – Notes by IronKettle on Thursday December 28, 2017 @02:43PM (#16024353)
> it might be

> This is... unambiguous,

:)

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Re:Effective Engineer – Notes by davidjnelson on Friday December 29, 2017 @05:44PM (#16032541)
How about revenue or moving the needle on a key business metric like churn or order flow conversion rate.
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Re:Effective Engineer – Notes by brucephillips on Thursday December 28, 2017 @03:47PM (#16024765)
"Synergy" is a precise term as well.
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