Software Management
Criteria for success
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16 Mar 2002
The Rational Edge | Understanding the Elephant: "I once refactored some badly written code and reduced it to one-fifth of its original size. On our team, however, productivity was measured by delivered source lines of code per week, so instead of being rewarded for my efforts, I was greeted by a negative productivity report."
Be careful when evaluating success criteria. Limited criteria or incomplete analysis can result in poor judgements.