Yesterday I commented on the fact that having a sixth sense was nothing knew, but that normally it wasn't applied to watching closely what your developers are doing. That was because the original referred to another CW short, Develop a Sixth Sense About IT... which talked about a new software package that monitors the files your developers have open.

I was, mildly, criticised for not taking these matters seriously. That couldn't be further from the truth. As a developer and writer I am more than aware of how you should monitor your rates and achievements. I do it by placing information into iCal and tracking that with a separate project management package that compares the recorded times with my predicted times.