C005 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0007 — AI Cognitive Amplifier
Run	2026-03-20
Claim	C005

Claim as Received¶

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.

Claim as Clarified¶

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¶

Schulmeyer did formalize the NNPP concept and estimated up to three out of ten may qualify. However, the concept appeared in the 1987 Handbook of Software Quality Assurance, not 1992. The 1992 reference is to Total Quality Management for Software, a later edition.

Scope¶

Domain: Performance research / AI productivity
Timeframe: As stated in claim
Testability: Verifiable against published research

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Likely (55-80%)

Confidence: Medium

Hypothesis outcome: See assessment.md for details.

[Full assessment in assessment.md.]

Status¶

Field	Value
Date created	2026-03-20
Date completed	2026-03-20
Researcher profile	Not provided
Prompt version	claim v1.0-draft
Revisit by	2027-03-20
Revisit trigger	New studies or corrections to cited research