{"id":2624,"date":"2020-03-28T13:56:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T12:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2023-05-28T15:48:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T13:48:49","slug":"velocity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/en\/velocity\/","title":{"rendered":"Velocity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Velocity is a measure of done <a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/backlog-item\/\">Backlog Items<\/a> delivered per Timebox (<a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/iteration\/\">Iteration <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cycle\/\">Cycle<\/a>). It is used to provide a forecast of future done work. A pre-conditions is that the Team and the timebox are stable over time.<\/p>\n<h2>Calculating Velocity<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2638 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/velocity_equation-300x94.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/velocity_equation-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/velocity_equation.png 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is possible to calculate the Velocity of a Team for a single Iteration or Cycle. For better results we sum ip all &#8220;done&#8221; work of all timeboxes, measured in Story Points\u00a0 (SP), and divide them by the number of timeboxes. This results in the mean Velocity over time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Application of Velocity<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/workingteam\/\">Working Teams<\/a> use it to calculate how much work to pull into the <a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/team-iteration-backlog\/\">Iteration Backlog<\/a> within <a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/planning\/\">Iteration Planning<\/a> meetings. For better results it is typically normalized by non-regular absences like holidays and planned absences. To identify absences teams usualy use the <a href=\"https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/en\/team-kalender\/\">Team Calendar<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/productowner\/\">Product Owners<\/a> use it to predict milestones and release dates of products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Further suitable links:<\/p>\n<table  class=\" table table-hover\" >\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f8f8;\">\n<td>Events<\/td>\n<td>Roles<\/td>\n<td>Groups<\/td>\n<td>Artifacts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/planning\/\">Team Planning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/sync\/\">Team Sync<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/refinement\/\">Team Backlog Refinement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/review\/\">Team Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/retrospective\/\">Team Retrospective<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cycleplanning\/\">Cluster Planning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cluster-sync\/\">Cluster Sync<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterrefinement\/\">Cluster Backlog Refinement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cyclereview\/\">Cluster Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cycleretro\/\">Cluster Retrospective<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolio-planning\/\">Portfolio Planning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/organisation-sync\/\">Organisation Sync<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfoliorefinement\/\">Portfolio Refinement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolio-review\/\">Portfolio Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/organisations-retrospektive\/\">Organisation Retrospective<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/productowner\/\">Team Product Owner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/systemengineer\/\">Team System Engineer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/scrummaster\/\">Team Scrum Master<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterpo\/\">Cluster Product Owner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/systemarch\/\">Cluster System Engineer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clustersm\/\">Cluster Scrum Master<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolioowner\/\">Portfolio Owner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolioarch\/\">Portfolio Architect<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/organisationsm\/\">Organisation Scrum Master<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/rteamlevel\/\">Working Team<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cop\/\">Community of Practice<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/pogroup\/\">Team Product Owner Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/systeminggroup\/\">Team System Engineer Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/smgroup\/\">Team Scrum Master Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cluster-management\/\">Cluster Management Circle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterpogroup\/\">Cluster Product Owner Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/sysarchgroup\/\">Cluster System Engineer Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/csmgroup\/\">Cluster Scrum Master Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/org-management\/\">Organisation Management Circle<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/teambl\/\">Team Backlog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/ateamlevel\/\">Inspectable Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/dod\/\">Team DoD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/improvementbacklog\/\">Team Improvement Backlog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterbl\/\">Cluster Backlog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/usableknowledge\/\">Usable Knowledge<\/a> &amp; 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