Effectiveness, Efficiency, Productivity
Using right words in the right context can solve a lot of misalignments. This is my attempt to document my opinionated understanding of some of the engineering management terminologies, and use them as a reference in my other documents. Effort, Output, Outcome, Impact Effort: This is the input and investment in an initiative or a job that needs to be completed. In a software project, this may be the number of engineers working for a specific period with a particular capability, the computing resources allocated to it, and all the supporting roles, such as product or project teams....