C005¶


Research	R0007 — AI Made Everyone Faster
Run	2026-03-19
Claim	C005

Claim: Schulmeyer formalized the "Net Negative Producing Programmer" concept in 1992 — programmers whose defect rates are high enough that the cost of their errors exceeds the value of their output. In a typical team of ten, he estimated up to three may qualify.

BLUF: Confirmed. Schulmeyer published "The Net Negative Producing Programmer" in American Programmer in 1992. He described NNPPs as programmers who insert enough spoilage to exceed the value of their production, and in a team of ten, estimated up to three could qualify. On high-defect projects (30-60 defects per KLOC), up to half the team may be NNPPs.

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%) | Confidence: High

Summary¶

Entity	Description
Claim Definition	Claim text, scope, status
Assessment	Full analytical product with reasoning chain
ACH Matrix	Evidence x hypotheses diagnosticity analysis
Self-Audit	ROBIS-adapted 4-domain process audit

Hypotheses¶

ID	Hypothesis	Status
H1	Claim is accurate as stated	Supported
H2	Partially correct with caveats	Inconclusive
H3	Claim is materially wrong	Eliminated

Searches¶

ID	Target	Results	Selected
S01	Schulmeyer Net Negative Producing Programmer 1992	10	3

Sources¶

Source	Description	Reliability	Relevance
SRC01	Schulmeyer (1992) American Programmer	High	High