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by rfrey
918 days ago
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If refactoring code doesn't lead to fewer defects down the road, or to faster feature implementation with less errors, or faster employee onboarding, or any other visible result, then maybe management doesn't want you to do it, and maybe it's reasonable to consider why. |
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But it’s really really really hard to quantify it in a measurable way. Which is what OKR’s force you to think about: what is the metric, what is its current value, and what is your goal for the metric, so you know whether you achieved it?
Can you quantify “faster employee onboarding”, reliably? Can you graph it over time? Can you quantify “faster feature implementation” in a way you can actually measure that isn’t sensitive to the fact that all features are different?