Tracking Code Progress in the Lisa Software Team
By
xeonmc
Good intentions, undercooked execution. The bake is missing.
Summary
In early 1982, the Lisa software team implemented a system to track the progress of engineers by monitoring the lines of code written weekly.
Key quotes
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They devised a form that each engineer was required to submit every Friday, which included a field for the number of lines of code that were written that week.
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