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A comment on Corporate Legibility for Software Engineers.

Re:Corporate Legibility for Software Engineers by galaxyLogic on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @11:37AM (#34340429)
" ... as soon something is quantified, power is given to the measurer."

Maybe this is what the "agile wars" are all about. To measure the project progress you have agree on how to measure it, and then whoever defines those rules has the power.

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Re:Corporate Legibility for Software Engineers by throwawaysleep on Friday January 13, 2023 @07:23AM (#34366781)
This is half of Scrum in my experience. Hours and hours and hours of meetings arguing over the accounting rules for work with the Scrum Master eventually imposing something and using it to beat you down the road.
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Re:Corporate Legibility for Software Engineers by indymike on Friday January 13, 2023 @09:26AM (#34368142)
Power is given to the person responsible for the content of the measurement. The guy making the reports is rarely the one who wields power. The receiver of the reports is the one who gains power.
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Re:Corporate Legibility for Software Engineers by now__what on Friday January 13, 2023 @03:59PM (#34373815)
The guy telling the report-writer what belongs on the report arguably has more power than the recipient of the report.
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