Measure Cycle Time, Not Velocity
Johanna Rothman
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
I'm not a fan of measuring velocity. Velocity is a point-in-time measure of capacity. That means that when things change for the team or in the code, the velocity often changes. (See Velocity is Not Acceleration.). Instead, I like to measure cycle time. Cycle time is the entire time it takes a team to finish something on their board. Cycle time indicates how much the team collaborates together and how small the stories are.
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