Velocity

The project is not over when all the stories are implemented. The project is over when there are no more stories in the deck worth implementing.[¹]

Velocity isn’t about measuring the team. It is about having a coarse-grained forecast.

Forecasts are Estimates. Estimates should be as accurate as possible but only as precise as necessary to keep the cost of estimation low.

Velocity is the rate at which a team delivers value to the customer.

A team that completes many tasks but delivers no value to the customer should have zero velocity.

Velocity is a measurement, not an objective.

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[¹]: Robert Martin(2019): Clean Agile (https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Agile-Basics-Robert-Martin/dp/0135781868)