Re: IMPROVING WRITERS' EFFICIENCY

Subject: Re: IMPROVING WRITERS' EFFICIENCY
From: Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:07:44 -0800 (PST)


> Productivity is work produced per unit of time.
> Increasing the amount of
> time may (or may not) increase the total amount of
> work done, but it
> does not increase the amount per unit of time. In
> fact, chances are, it lowers productivity.

It depends on how you measure. You're using a big pot
to measure your productivity, which is fine if you're
comfortable doing so. I use a smaller cup to measure.

A boulder may sit at the top of a hill for 10 years,
and then one day finally gives and destroys the house
below. Now, you could look at that boulder being
unproductive as it took 10 years for it to destroy
that house. On the other hand, if you change your
measurement of time to actual work time, if may have
taken only 10-20 seconds of work for that boulder to
have demolished that house. Pretty damn productive.

My point is that you cannot evvectively measure
productivity without properly measuring time. In some
cases, units of days may be inappropriate. Hell, I
work on 10+ projects at a time. I may complete 1 in 10
weeks, but actually only spent 6 working hours on it.
Unit of measure DOES matter. Ask any scientist.

=====
Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)

"As soon as you hear the phrase "studies show",
immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
-- Geoff Hart

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