The final metrics I'll address in this series are for productivity. This is a slippery slope. Frankly, I can count on one hand the plants I've seen with an effective measure over the last 10 years.

The construction market has a new standard for measuring job productivity. The American Society of Testing and Materials International (ASTM) recently adopted a new standard for measuring construction ...

Productivity measures are a series of inputs calculated against a series of outputs. Using productivity measures for can help you determine how to maximize the use of your company's resources.

When leading a tech team, it’s important to measure your team’s overall productivity. This metric can be used for major business decisions down the line. However, measuring your tech team’s ...

A small-business owner seeks to improve the productivity of all the functional areas of his company, but achieving greater marketing productivity is particularly important, because it produces ...

Prior to Covid-19, employers were increasing efforts to monitor the productivity of their employees. In fact, according to a 2018 Gartner report, 50% of 239 large corporations admitted that they were ...

Productivity is a challenge for the UK economy. Since 2008, the Office of National Statistics has reported that UK output per hour has flatlined after more than 10 years of solid growth. Retail has ...

If you’re using software development productivity metrics to evaluate developer performance, then you’re doing it wrong. For best results, tie them to business outcomes. I cringe when development ...

In today’s technology organizations, CIOs and CTOs frequently hear the question: “How much of our code is written by AI?” A common response to this question is something like, “Thirty percent of our ...

“Developer productivity” can be an emotive, and occasionally misunderstood term. It is not the output of individuals that we are seeking to understand, but the effectiveness of the development system ...