Design
A graphics designer produces 11 deliverables in a 200 hour work month representing productivity of one deliverable every 18.2 hours.Coding
A software developer ships 33 story points in a month.Projects
A project that consumes 1 million hours produces a project with payback of 1 billion dollars. The productivity rate of the project is $1000 an hour.Sales
A software salesperson closes deals worth 1 million dollars in a 160 hour work month. This represents $6,250 in revenue per hour.Services
A chef measures his output during a rush to discover that he has a peak productivity rate of about 40 dishes an hour.Art
An artist produces 33 works in a year representing a productivity rate of 2.75 works a month.Customer Service
A customer service representative earns 50 high customer satisfaction ratings in a 40 hour week. This represents productivity of 1.25 satisfied customers an hour.Maintenance
An elevator repair worker estimates her productivity with a system of repair points whereby complex repairs are 10 points, easy repairs are 2 points and inspections are 1 point. Her average productivity over a year is 155 repair points a month.Throughput
A manager responds to 45 emails an hour to clear her inbox in the morning. She views productivity in terms of minutes and targets an email a minute as a good pace to clear out requests and inquiries.Nations
A nation calculates a productivity rate using GDP and labor data to find that across the entire economy workers produce an average of $66 dollars an hour in GDP.Industry
The agricultural industry of a region uses hours worked and industry revenue data to estimate labor productivity at $41 dollars an hour.Organizations
An organization has net revenue of $1 billion dollars and 10 million hours worked by employees. This represents productivity of $100 an hour after all costs including salary have been paid.| Overview: Work Efficiency | ||
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Definition | The value created in an hour of work. | |
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