[mjburgess]

The issue is the assumption that managers can assess productivity if is it is captured by a number; but would otherwise be aware, they'd be hopeless at it in a conversation. ie., theyre reducing it to a number to hide the fact they cannot do it.

It's strange that we havent figured out how to trust technical leadership to assess these things for management.

In many ways, the answer is obvious: give technical leaders economic incentives for team productivity. They will then use their expertise to actually assess relevant teams.

[zarathustreal]

I think the problem is that in order to evaluate something you need to have equal understanding of it as the person that made it. This is a problem in every field, everywhere. In fact it’s the reason pure democracy isn’t the optimal strategy for governance - the masses aren’t really qualified to make decisions.