Sep
24
Baseball lessons for software teams
Filed Under Business, Technology |
The economic corollary, cleverly exploited by Billy Beane, was that players who walked more often were being systematically undervalued by the market and could be had more cheaply. Software development has an equivalent to the base on balls: a module that doesn’t have to be written new because it already exists and can be reused.
We know that the best coders are far more productive than the norm. Arguably, that variance might lie in the patience, discipline, and research skills required to recycle rather than to reinvent. If so, finding ways to measure and value these qualities could yield a pivotal advantage.