Velocity
Definition: Velocity is a metric used to measure the amount of work a development team can accomplish within a specific Sprint in Agile Scrum.
Explanation of Working: Velocity is calculated by adding up the completed user stories within a Sprint. Velocity only considers all tasks that were completed and delivered and not any tasks that are in progress or incomplete. The only story points included in calculating Velocity are those user stories marked and accepted as ‘Done’
Example: If a scrum team completed tasks total of 80 story points in a single Sprint, then the Velocity for that Sprint is 80.
Story Points and Velocity in Scrum
Developing a software application or any product requires time and measuring the total time required to complete a specified amount of work requires some metrics. In Agile Scrum development methodology, there are two key metrics namely Story Point and Velocity, used to estimate a piece of work and measure the total amount of work completed in a Sprint.
Table of Content
- Story Points
- Common Methods of Story Points
- Velocity
- Steps in Calculating Velocity
- Uses of Velocity
- Relationship between Story Points and Velocity
- Advanced Techniques
- Conclusion
- FAQ’s
In this article let us discuss Story Points and Velocity in more detail.
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