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Is Velocity an Effective Tool For Planning?
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Story points—some teams find them useful for having discussions to align their understanding of what a story entails. But the points are not actual quantities of anything. So why are so many teams still using story point velocity to forecast how much they can get done within a sprint? And why are so many people on LinkedIn so adamant about it? We're still trying to figure that out.
But in this episode, for once and for all, host Phil Ledgerwood is breaking down why story points are, at best, complicating your planning, and at worst, misleading you into thinking your timeline plan is accurate.
93 episodes
Manage episode 379983687 series 3495087
Story points—some teams find them useful for having discussions to align their understanding of what a story entails. But the points are not actual quantities of anything. So why are so many teams still using story point velocity to forecast how much they can get done within a sprint? And why are so many people on LinkedIn so adamant about it? We're still trying to figure that out.
But in this episode, for once and for all, host Phil Ledgerwood is breaking down why story points are, at best, complicating your planning, and at worst, misleading you into thinking your timeline plan is accurate.
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