[Aust-NZ] Performance Measures

[Cameron Shorter]

One of the most effective ways of monitoring the progress of Software 
Projects (and software developer teams) is using "Earned Value 
Management" graphs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_value_management

A qualified engineer estimates how long a project will take, then over 
time tracks percentage complete (earned value), effort (from time 
sheets), and tracks against planned value.

Like all measurement techniques it has flaws, but the flaws are less 
than many other techniques.

Bruce.Bannerman at dpi.vic.gov.au wrote:
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> IMO:
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> Hamish,
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> I see this particular aspect applying to permanent employees of public 
> and larger private organisations (though particular aspects could also 
> possibly be applied to support contracts).
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> We need to find meaningful measures that Managers or Employees can 
> take into the Performance Planning sessions to discuss the need to 
> undertake GeoNetwork work. It is a two-way process and can be 
> initiated by either party.
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> We could look at measures such as ... "Get feature X accepted into the 
> trunk of GeoNetwork by June 2009", however this is probably 
> unrealistic  as to do this the developer will have to have existing 
> credibility within the community and there may be good reasons why the 
> community does not want to have 'product X' included.
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> Any thoughts on measures are appreciated.
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> Bruce Bannerman
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> *Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com>*
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> 27/05/2008 01:09 PM
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> Bruce wrote:
> > However, in the public sector and also in many larger private
> > organisations there is a Human Resources process in place that
> > are based on Performance Management.
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> > As to specific metrics that can be used, I'm open to
> > suggestions. They must be specific, meaningful and measurable.
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> there is nothing too wrong with outcome based funding, they want to 
> know thier money is well spent even if they are not an expert in the 
> field. but I think it is wise to avoid metrics which micro-manage and 
> focus on deliverable results instead.
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> e.g. assesment by number of lines of code committed per day or number 
> of commits is very useless. I can commit each time I save the file or 
> wait and do one big commit when I have finished the module I am 
> working on; SVN likes big atomic commits, while I assume a CMS like 
> git likes many smaller ones, more often. If I want more lines of code 
> I can adjust indent rules or write less efficient C ...
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> better is to have contracts that say "we will pay you X dollars to 
> impliment Y feature in a functional and usable way, and require you to 
> submit it to upstream with documentation and examples and assist with 
> any merge issues that arise therein." rather than get hung up on the 
> details of lines of code or commits.
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> 2c
> Hamish
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