Software Design: Tidy First?

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False precision creates false control

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Pattern: Someone is estimating or counting something that doesn’t matter

Transformation: Listen carefully to understand the need they are satisfying with those metrics & find a way to meet that need another way

For example, how do you measure developer productivity? There are all kinds of made up numbers floating around that simply can’t matter. Take numb…

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