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Re:Why KPIs are destroying businesses by commandlinefan on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @10:01AM (#37222857)
> if your team is optimising for the status report

If you're providing a status report, you're optimizing for the status report. Period.

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Re:Why KPIs are destroying businesses by DiggyJohnson on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @03:36PM (#37227545)
Eh, my personal experience has been that just as often we have a mandatory status report that nobody cares about (including my direct and skip level managers). It's just something that needs to be done for contract compliance.
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Re:Why KPIs are destroying businesses by yathaid on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @09:30PM (#37230807)
I admire the confidence with which you hold this opinion.

Engineers are not providing status reports. The manager is collating them. How is it any different to a sprint summary?

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