Comments on: IEEE: High-Tech Professionals Are Struggling With Meetings/Email http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/03/14/work-routines/ Sharad Sharma examines the transformation challenges facing the software industry Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:38:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Rinka Singh http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/03/14/work-routines/#comment-1239 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:21:53 +0000 http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/03/14/work-routines/#comment-1239 Not really. You have hit the nail on the head. Personal Software Process came out of just this analysis. According to it, an (American) Engineer is really fully productive (undisturbed) for about 1 hr a day. PSP focussed on capturing and analyzing your calendar to improve your productivity. Incidentally, I recommend a book "Getting things done". David Allen. Written in ~1991 it is slowly achieving cult status. Worth reading though. Not really. You have hit the nail on the head.

Personal Software Process came out of just this analysis. According to it, an (American) Engineer is really fully productive (undisturbed) for about 1 hr a day. PSP focussed on capturing and analyzing your calendar to improve your productivity.

Incidentally, I recommend a book “Getting things done”. David Allen. Written in ~1991 it is slowly achieving cult status. Worth reading though.

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