Gojko Adzic 1/11/2021

The Play, the points, and the biggest lie in software

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The article critiques the software industry's reliance on misleading metrics like story points or delivered features as measures of true progress. It argues that declaring victory based on effort or output, rather than delivered value, is a dangerous delusion. Using the famous 'The Play' in American football as an analogy for premature celebration, it highlights how focusing on easy-to-measure effort instead of important outcomes can lead to failure, similar to tracking lines of code.

The Play, the points, and the biggest lie in software

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