Velocity

Definition

Velocity is the average speed of development per Sprint, based on the actual past performance (e.g. 34 units of work per Sprint).

Purpose

Velocity is mainly used as a guide for those purposes:

• For the Development Team to forecast the amount of work they can do in the next Sprint
• For the Product Owner to forecast the completion date of the project.

Responsibility

Velocity is calculated by the Development Team.

External Resources

• Velocity, an article from scruminc
• Know Exactly What Velocity Means to Your Scrum Team, an article by Mike Cohn
• The Scrum Master Training Manual, a free ebook on Scrum, and the Professional Scrum Master™ (PSM™ I) exam
• Scrum Awareness, a free email course on Scrum framework