Re: Productivity Gains?

[John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com>]

> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Allan Ackerson <alackerson -at- msn -dot- com> wrote:
>> Management here just popped us with an annual requirement to show "productivity gains"!
>
> To be able to show a productivity gain you first need to know how
> productive you currentl are. Can you do that right now?
>
> (You don't have to actually do it for us; the question is simply
> whether you can.)

I don't think so. Having been through these types of exercises, I
think all that management is asking for is to document some measures
that have been attempted to try to be more productive and efficient,
They're not looking for quatifiable data...just that an effort is
being made to do more.

I'll bet an email with 4-5 bullets, each with a paragraph or two,
describing the effort that was taken and the believed result will keep
them happy.

-- 
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
NYMetro STC President
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