[brightball]

That is one of the all time best quotes that nobody is willing to hear.

[wpietri]

Which reminds me of one of the other great quotes: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."

[jay_kyburz]

Actually, I think its dumb.

A better saying would be, you should only use your target as a measure.

If your target is working software, measure how well the software works.

[wpietri]

I don't think you quite get this.

In your imaginary case, what would your specific numerical measure be?