Why Your Agile Velocity Metrics are Meaningless
The Velocity Trap: Why Agile Metrics Can Mislead You In the world of software development, especially within Agile and Scrum frameworks, velocity metrics have become a staple for measuring team performance and predicting project timelines. However, beneath the surface of these seemingly useful metrics lies a complex web of limitations and pitfalls that can make them more misleading than helpful. The Historical Nature of Velocity Agile velocity is essentially a lagging indicator....