How developers and managers define and trade productivity for quality

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Possible founder application

Align leaders and engineers on a balanced definition of productivity before selecting metrics or incentives.

Reported result

What the study found

Examines how practitioners define productivity and negotiate trade-offs between productivity and software quality.

Research question

What the authors investigated

How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?

Design

Empirical qualitative study

Sample and setting

Developers and managers; abstract-only

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Qualitative accounts may not predict outcomes across organizations.

Research sources

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