This is a decently-thorough study, using PRs as a productivity metric while also tracking build failures (which remained constant at MSFT but increased at Accenture).
Would love to see it replicated by researchers at a company that does not have a clear financial interest in the outcome (the corresponding author here was working at Microsoft Research during the study period).
> Before moving on, we discuss an additional experiment run at Accenture that was abandoned due to a large layoff affecting 42% of participants
Would love to see it replicated by researchers at a company that does not have a clear financial interest in the outcome (the corresponding author here was working at Microsoft Research during the study period).
> Before moving on, we discuss an additional experiment run at Accenture that was abandoned due to a large layoff affecting 42% of participants
Eek