Well. Software development in the corporate world is labour intense. Its not like the field had become exponentially more productive over the last 30 years. Building hardware has. Building cars has. Software has not.
So it's not like we as a field is very mature. We might think we are special.
Since management has no idea, because good management is scarcere than good Software developers, they so to its labour force that they would do to another labour force.
They measure output without validating outcome. Even worse they still belive more output equals better outcome. Put in another way - more people churns out more. Industrial thinking. Doesn't work in software.
So this is not a software development issue. Its an organizational one, with its underlying communication structures being very much a problem.
We have all heard how well 20 people can outperform 200. Or 2000. Or a whole company.
So it's not like we as a field is very mature. We might think we are special.
Since management has no idea, because good management is scarcere than good Software developers, they so to its labour force that they would do to another labour force.
They measure output without validating outcome. Even worse they still belive more output equals better outcome. Put in another way - more people churns out more. Industrial thinking. Doesn't work in software.
So this is not a software development issue. Its an organizational one, with its underlying communication structures being very much a problem.
We have all heard how well 20 people can outperform 200. Or 2000. Or a whole company.
It's Fred Brooks 101.