>Hi John:
>
>Yup, you got that right! What value have you delivered? is the primary question to be asked. Considered in that word, value, is accuracy, timeliness, speed, usability (and re-usability?), maintainability and extensibility.
>

Yeah, but all that stuff is sooo much harded to measure.

>How many of us have seen monolithic code with more bugs than a Houston kitchen? Lots o' lines, little value.
>

I think that writer was getting paid by the line!