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Subject:Re: measuring productivity and QUALITY From:Mark Baker <mbaker -at- OMNIMARK -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 20 Feb 1998 15:38:40 -0500
Gina Hertel writes
>This brings me to a related question...
>How do all of you measure QUALITY in a quantitative way?
>The only OBJECTIVE metric I can think of so far is:
>decreased number of support calls.
>
>Anyone know of any others?
1. Mean time to productivity.
2. Cost of ownership.
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