How are software engineers objectively measured when problems span such large difficulty ranges and there are multiple ways to implement solutions?

Question

Always been curious how “workload” is assigned and estimated for software engineers.

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Answer 1

There is not a single accepted answer to this question. There are many competing methods, collectively called “software development methodologies”. Here’s a short list of popular software development methodologies:

1. Waterfall
2. Agile (there are derivatives like Scrum, Lean, and XP)
3. RAD (Rapid Application Development)
4. FDD (Feature Driven Development)