Example of Scrum Velocity
Let us suppose that the development team has planned to complete three user stories P, Q, and R for finishing work in a specific sprint. The story points of P, Q, and R are 6, 5, and 4 respectively.
- On the final day, user story Q is 85% done, while P and R are 100 % completed and are marked to be done.
- While measuring the total story points, the team will consider only those story points that are 100 % complete in the calculation of velocity.
- So, here team will be only considering the story points of P and R as they are completed, while Q should not be considered and moved to the next sprint.
- Summing P and R gives us 6 + 4 = 10 points which will be the velocity of one iteration.
Using this calculation, we can evaluate how many more iterations will be required to finish the given work.
3 Stories to complete P, Q, and R
Story Points
P = 6
Q = 5
R = 4Percentage Completion
P = 100% (Marked as completed)
Q = 85%
R = 100% (Marked as completed)Velocity of one iteration = Sum of story points of completed user stories
= (P+R)
= (6 + 4)
= 10
Let us assume there are another 40 story points to be done and the velocity remains the same, then we can easily compute that the same team will be requiring 40/10 = 4, more iterations to complete the given work.
Velocity Chart Agile Scrum
The ability of agile project management to increase project flexibility and productivity is proven across industries and not just in software development. Velocity and velocity charts in agile play an important role when talking about software project management. There are numerous tools out there used by big organizations that can be used to ensure that their sprint is successful. The article focuses on discussing velocity chart agile scrum.
The following topics will be discussed here:
- What is Velocity in Scrum?
- Example of Scrum Velocity
- What is Velocity Chart in Agile?
- How to Estimate Velocity?
- Benefits of Agile Velocity Charts
- Limitations of Agile Velocity Charts
- Challenges of Measuring Agile Velocity
Let’s start discussing each of these topics in detail.