{"id":15540,"date":"2023-09-30T08:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T05:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/?p=15540"},"modified":"2023-10-05T12:34:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T09:34:11","slug":"fundamental-issues-with-metrics-with-sleepyfox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/blog\/fundamental-issues-with-metrics-with-sleepyfox","title":{"rendered":"Fundamental Issues With Metrics with @SleepyFox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The discussion of productivity metrics is ignoring fundamental issues with numbers and metrics in general, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>ignoring measurement error<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>not everything is measurable or computable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>causality can&#8217;t be established for non-trivial systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But if we can&#8217;t measure, what can we do in a business environment to make decisions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are discussing all these things and more in a fascinating conversation touching on multiple domains that understood metrics aren&#8217;t all they seem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fundamental Issues With Metrics with @SleepyFox\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vOIsul2C3Jg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SleepyFox is a polyglot full-stack craftsman, coach, #DockerPirate, Knight of the Lambda Calculus, founder of the London Code Dojo, XPer, lifelong learner. 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