What does tracking velocity tell you ?

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What is Velocity? (in agile software development)

Velocity is a term used in agile software development to illustrate the “rate of progress” for an individual resource or a team or a set of teams .

The simplest way to define velocity is: the number or user stories an individual/ team/project can complete in one sprint (“complete” here means that it really is done and potentially ready to ship).

Velocity is a speedometer for your Agile project and provides insight into your team’s work capacity. Without knowing your team/project’s velocity you can not make longer term planning or even release planning. Hence the importance of knowing your velocity!

What Is Sprint Velocity?

Agile teams work in short phases known as sprint cycles. Each cycle, spans one to four weeks, divides the project into measurable components of work necessary to ship the product.

Sprint velocity effectively tracks your team’s progress and estimates how much work they can handle in a sprint cycle. Every cycle will have a particular velocity regarding what the team completed. The average velocity over the last three to ten cycles will help you predict the standard amount of work your product or development team completes per sprint.

How Sprint Velocity & Status Gadgets by RVS helps you track Velocity :

The app adds the following gadgets to your Jira instance :

• Resource Velocity Gadget

• Sprint Status Gadget

• Team Velocity Gadget

• Cross Team Velocity Gadget

Resource Velocity Gadget :

This gadget helps you view the velocity of your individual team members across multiple sprints. You can group the chart by either sprint or resource.

Sprint Status Gadget :

This gadget gives a quick overview of you sprint which is very helpful for senior management reporting. After adding the status gadget, you will see the following data points to track your sprint.

Team Velocity Gadget :

Now you can compare multiple sprint velocity. Select sprints manually to compare or let the app select the last 15 sprints for comparison.

Cross Team Velocity Gadget : 

You can also compare multiple sprint velocity across different boards. Just select the different boards and the sprints in them to compare.

Try the Sprint Velocity & Status Gadgets to track velocity for your efficiently across various tasks and projects.

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