Your Code as a Crime Scene

Mine Organizational Metrics from Code

In this chapter, you learned about process loss and that groups never perform at their maximum potential. As such, teamwork and organizations are investments we pay for, and they should be considered as such.

You also learned that groups are sensitive to social biases. You saw that there are biases in all kinds of groups—software development included—and you need to be aware of the risks.

That leads us to the challenges of scaling software development. As we go from a small group of programmers to interdependent teams, we increase the coordination and communication overhead, which in turn increases the risk for biased decisions. As such, the relative success of any large-scale programming effort depends ...