The fact that this is an issue all of the time amazes me. Yes, teams have a different measure of how much work they can get done every sprint, but as long as th

The fact that this is an issue all of the time amazes me. Yes, teams have a different measure of how much work they can get done every sprint, but as long as that measure is accurate, it doesn't matter. Here the thing: two teams may operate at completely different rates: One team (more experience devs with more mature technology) are going to be faster than a new team with new tech, even if they have the same number of devs. You can't just assume that both of them can do 25 story points of work every sprint. The teams can only go as fast as they can go. It's analogous to the fact that two different people have different rates of walking or running. You can't make them the same unless you are willing to lose efficiency of your fastest walkers/runners. The fact that one team expresses the quantity of work they do (i.e., English vs. Metric) isn't important as long as they actually hit their estimates most of the time, and improve their estimation accuracy.