Comments on: Two Types of Time in Project Schedules http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2006/two-types-of-time-in-project-schedules Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:05:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mike Totman http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2006/two-types-of-time-in-project-schedules#comment-417 Mike Totman Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:32:35 +0000 http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2006/two-types-of-time-in-project-schedules#comment-417 The concept has also been discussed by the Software Engineering Institute: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/tsp/ They have an entire development process that focusses on "Task Hours" (time actually spent working on the task) in just the way you talk about. The company where I work has been using the system for a couple of years. We're finding that a typical Senior Engineer can get between 10 and 15 task hours in during a typical 40h work week. Eye opening. The concept has also been discussed by the Software Engineering Institute: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/tsp/

They have an entire development process that focusses on “Task Hours” (time actually spent working on the task) in just the way you talk about. The company where I work has been using the system for a couple of years. We’re finding that a typical Senior Engineer can get between 10 and 15 task hours in during a typical 40h work week. Eye opening.

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