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" ... as soon something is quantified, power is given to the measurer."

Maybe this is what the "agile wars" are all about. To measure the project progress you have agree on how to measure it, and then whoever defines those rules has the power.

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This is half of Scrum in my experience. Hours and hours and hours of meetings arguing over the accounting rules for work with the Scrum Master eventually imposing something and using it to beat you down the road.

Power is given to the person responsible for the content of the measurement. The guy making the reports is rarely the one who wields power. The receiver of the reports is the one who gains power.

The guy telling the report-writer what belongs on the report arguably has more power than the recipient of the report.

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