Comments on: Product Development vs Productivity Development http://pettermahlen.com/2012/08/31/product-development-vs-productivity-development/ It's all about the Coding Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mateusz Szczap http://pettermahlen.com/2012/08/31/product-development-vs-productivity-development/#comment-349 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:33:54 +0000 http://pettermahlen.com/?p=577#comment-349 Totally like it and will propose it here at eBay as it is missing (only refactorings as part of feature delivery)

]]> By: Mik Quinlan http://pettermahlen.com/2012/08/31/product-development-vs-productivity-development/#comment-346 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:10:47 +0000 http://pettermahlen.com/?p=577#comment-346 “But most of the time, it’s about removing obstacles and frustrations that keep us from delivering the product improvements that are what we get our job satisfaction from….”

This is the most important point, IMO. A good codebase is a joy to work with and has intangible benefits such as keeping up motivation and fostering innovation as not so much time is taken up trying to build more on shaky foundations.

Nice post.

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