Why Your AI Productivity Dashboard Is Lying to You

Chapter 2 Deep-Dive: The Measurement Problem Companion document to " Software Development in the Agentic Era " By Mike, in collaboration with Claude (Anthropic) The main guide says subjective productivity reports are unreliable. This chapter narrows that claim to a more specific and more useful one: AI frequently improves coding-stage activity. Teams often mis-measure whether those gains survive contact with the full delivery system. That is the thesis. What follows is the evidence for it, the s