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- From: hasker@cs.uiuc.edu (Rob Hasker)
- Subject: Re: Will we keep ignoring this productivity issue?
- Message-ID: <BxKEv9.4K8@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <Bwtn3H.F2@iat.holonet.net> <1992Nov1.132750.9856@vax.oxford.ac.uk> <1776@aviary.Stars.Reston.Unisys.COM> <1992Nov11.055130@eklektix.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 18:47:33 GMT
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- rcd@raven.eklektix.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
-
- >>...However, it is a fairly-well-established rule of thumb that
- >>very good programmers can be an order of magnitude or more productive than
- >>the average and do a good job...
- >
- >How many software businesses can really afford to ignore such large factors
- >in development cost? Can they really afford (say) the difference between
- >$150,000 and $3 million in development cost?
-
- On what sorts of projects? While there might be a difference for small
- projects, it certainly wouldn't be clear that there would be a
- difference for large projects. Besides, there might not be enough
- "very good" people in your neighborhood to do a large project. So you
- get the job done with the people on hand. (And don't most companies
- promote the successful developers to management where they can't do
- this sort of work?)
-
- Rob
-