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Numerous studies have found 10:1 differences in productivity and quality among individuals and even among teams. This blog contains Steve McConnell's thoughts about how to move toward the "10" side of that 10:1 ratio. Add to Technorati Favorites

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Chief Programmer Team Update

One spinoff from the 10x difference in programmer productivity was the Chief Programmer Team structure. The idea of the chief-programmer team was originally developed at IBM during the late 1960s (Baker 1972, Baker and Mills 1973). It was popularized by Fred Brooks in the Mythical Man-Month (Brooks 1975...

Posted Mar 31 2008, 05:28 PM by Steve McConnell with | with 14 comment(s)

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I've split my blog into two pieces. The software-focused blog is 10x Software Development. The more personal blog is Waxing Philosophical.