Re:There's No Such Thing as Software Productivity (2012)
by robertlagrant on Thursday December 19, 2024 @06:48AM
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> Function point analysis works well enough for measuring software productivity in most domains, provided that quality is held constant
Well enough for what? And how do you measure quality?
https://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/32.44364
So you can measure productivity with a reasonable level of accuracy and consistency, but then what? For most organizations it's not actionable so calculating that metric ends up as another form of waste.