Feb
28
2011
Breaking your project into Iterations and getting regular feedback on the iteration is the essence of Agile. In simple terms, velocity in an agile world is the amount of work that you can do in each iteration. This is based on experience from previous iterations. As you move over time and do multiple Sprints, the Velocity will be a very useful tool that will allow you to plan and predict the amount of work that the team can do in future Sprint cycles. If your team has completed multiple sprints, you can forecast release and product completion dates and plan future projects more accurately by reviewing the velocity report. Based on the velocity of previous sprints that the report illustrates, you can accomplish the following goals: track how much effort your team has reported as complete for each sprint and estimate how much backlog effort your team can handle in future sprints if your team composition and sprint duration stay constant. More...