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	December 6, 2007 App Dev Managers Should Measure Team Productivity Use Productivity Data To Sharpen Estimates And Avoid Overcommitting by Peter Sterpe with Alex Cullen, Mike Gilpin, Carey Schwaber, Kahini Ranade	Average: 8  (3 ratings)

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Executive Summary

Application development managers need to know how productive their teams are. Managers acknowledge that measuring their shop's productivity would enable them to make informed decisions around capacity planning, staff allocation, outsourcing, and right-sizing the shop's headcount. And yet many teams struggle to start or sustain a productivity measurement initiative, even when they are under pressure to deliver more without adding staff. Finding a workable metric continues to be the biggest challenge — counting lines of code has failed; function point analysis is imperfect and expensive, though successful for many; and devising alternatives is tricky and sometimes unconvincing. Despite these barriers, some organizations do succeed — the rest must either get started or reignite failed efforts.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• App Dev Sees The Usefulness Of Productivity Measurement
• Despite Obvious Need, App Dev Rarely Uses Productivity Metrics
• Finding A Useful Metric Is The Tough Nut To Crack
• How to Get Started

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