Hello, I am a director of a small company, we have 2 developers who are working on the same project. We track IT tasks daily and they put all the tasks in asana. However I am not sure if they work is efficient and how long it actually takes to complete those tasks. I am not an IT guy. How should I keep track and evaluate their work? Should I hire someone to keep an eye on them? Thanks.
You need to have a software development process in place. Agile methodology is one of the most popular at the moment. It links product features to actual code released in fixed periods of time (iterations or "sprints").
Using this framework, product owners can get an estimate for each proposed product feature and manage available resources (developer's time in this case) accordingly.
The most viable option is hiring an experienced software project manager (part time), who can get development process on track, so that you can concentrate on managing business, not IT. Alternatively, you can assign additional responsibilities on one of developers to standardize and oversee your development process.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me, I'm sure I can give you a lot of good insights.
Answered 8 years ago
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