AI is powerful, but it is not magic. Just because developers use AI tools does not mean outcomes will improve automatically.

You may have heard the phrase “what gets measured gets managed.” So when we want something done, we slap a metric on it and manage toward that metric. Seems reasonable enough, right? It’s not, though.

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There is a huge problem with trying to increase productivity in functions, processes and in business teams. Measurements of productivity look at the efficiency of a task. The assumption: if companies ...

With the rise of AI-generated code, development teams must become smarter about how they conduct code reviews, apply security tests, and automate their testing. Imagine a world where measuring ...

Meeting productivity metrics within a law firm is vital. Employees must meet their productivity metrics for a law firm to meet its obligations. Law firms have vast obligations from payroll, rent, ...

6th Sense Analytics, which collects and provides metrics on software development projects, this week announced several enhancements to its flagship product. These enhancements provide a more ...

A survey of 500 US and UK software developers conducted by J L Partners has found that 70% of software projects fail to be delivered on time, despite 83% of developers saying delivery performance is ...

Researchers propose a new citation index that balances productivity and impact in academic publishing. The h-index of ...

Set effective employee performance goals using MBO and continuous feedback. Top HR software includes BambooHR, Paychex Flex, ...