Agile Metric | Velocity | PMI ACP | IZenBridge
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The document discusses Agile velocity, highlighting its role in measuring the output of completed product backlog items and its importance in estimating project timelines and costs. It emphasizes that velocity is team-specific and should not be compared across different teams unless they use consistent story point definitions. The text also warns against using velocity as a productivity performance metric due to potential pitfalls like point inflation and technical debt.
Agile Metric | Velocity | PMI ACP | IZenBridge
- 1. Saket BansalSaket Bansal Agile Coach , iZenBridgeAgile Coach , iZenBridge www.izenbridge.com 1
- 4. www.izenbridge.com 4 Product Backlog Item Story Point Review Status A 1 Accepted B 2 Accepted C 3 Accepted D 3 Not Accepted E 5 Accepted Velocity is The sum of the sizes of all the completed product backlog items 11 It Measures output not outcome
- 5. www.izenbridge.com 5 Why do we need it?Why do we need it?
- 6. www.izenbridge.com 6 1. How many features /stories will be completed? 2. When will we be done? 3. How much will this cost?
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- 9. www.izenbridge.com 9 Express as a range (example 25 to 30 Story Points)
- 11. www.izenbridge.com 11 How to Estimate Velocity?How to Estimate Velocity?
- 12. www.izenbridge.com 12 Use Historic Value Run an Iteration Make Forecast
- 13. www.izenbridge.com 13 •The team performs sprint planning on one of two iterations •Identify Capacity hours and estimate ideal hours for stories •Take the actual velocity as it becomes available
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- 15. 15 Velocity is specific to a team and cannot be compared unless the teams use story points with the same meaning
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- 18. www.izenbridge.com 18 •Getting training •Changing team composition •Pay Technical debts •Automation
- 19. www.izenbridge.com 19 Using as Performance metric in an attempt to judge team productivity.
- 20. www.izenbridge.com 20 •Point inflation •Cut corners to get more “done”, result in High Technical debt •Playing with the definition of Done
- 21. www.izenbridge.com 21 •Velocity is an Empirical Observation •Do not compare velocity of two teams •Only done stories are counted •Velocity is measured in term of size, story points or ideal days •We should correct the forecasted velocity with actual velocity.
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- 24. A. It increases the velocity in short term followed by decline in velocity B. It decreases the velocity C. It has positive impacts on velocity D. Overtime does not impact the velocity www.iZenBridge.com 24 61% 5% 4% 30% Votes A B C D
- 25. A. Velocity represents the productivity of programmers B. Velocity is an outcome metrics, it measures the value of work completed each sprint C. Velocity is the amount of work completed each sprint D. Velocity is the amount of hours spend in the sprint www.iZenBridge.com 25 0% 32% 66% 2% Votes A B C D
- 26. A. Use as a planning tool to calculate release timelines B. Use as a team diagnostic metric, to identify improvement areas C. Use as a performance metric to judge team productivity. D. Use to determine teams' capacity to commit to work during the upcoming sprint www.iZenBridge.com 26 11% 16% 66% 7% Votes A B C D
- 27. A. Size B. Velocity C. Acceptance Test cases D. Size and Velocity www.iZenBridge.com 27 2% 21% 0% 77% Votes A B C D
- 28. A. Use historical values B. Run an iteration C. Make a forecast D. Identify the project duration and story points and derive velocity based on these inputs www.iZenBridge.com 28 18% 4% 25% 53% Votes A B C D
- 29. www.izenbridge.com 29 3 - 4 Aug 2013Online Training Delhi PMI-ACP Simulation Test Classroom Training Hyderabad Bangalore 29 -30 June 20 - 21 July
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- 31. iZenBridge.com 31 Saket Bansal Saket.Bansal@iZenBridge.com M: +91-9910802561 Web: www.iZenBridge.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/saketbansal Twitter: Saket_tg