Goodhart’s Law
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“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” If you optimize for lines of code, you get bloated code. If you optimize for story points, you get inflated estimates. Always pair metrics with qualitative assessment and watch for gaming.
Related
- Developer Productivity (risk of reductive metrics)
- DORA Metrics (even DORA can be gamed)