Chapter 30. What Does 10x Mean? Measuring Variations in Programmer Productivity

Steve McConnell

One of the most replicated results in software engineering research is the 10-fold difference in productivity and quality between different programmers with the same levels of experience. Researchers have also found that this difference applies at the team level, even to different teams working within the same industries.

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