Episode 114: Story Point Commitments and Measuring Productivity (Episode 79 Rerun)
Soft Skills Engineering · Jamison Dance and Dave Smith
July 2, 201839m 0s
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Show Notes
<p>In this re-run of episode 79, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p>
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<li>It seems like my teams always miss their story point commitments. Is this normal? How do you change it?</li>
<li>How do you actually measure developer productivity?</li>
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<p>The article comparing research on productivity in static and dynamic type systems is <a href="https://danluu.com/empirical-pl/">here</a>. It is a great read.</p>
<p>Jamison also mentions Goodhart’s Law. Read more about it <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law">here</a>.</p>