I think velocity points are useful within a team over time. They are locally useful. But they are stupid to measure across teams or to compare teams or product

I think velocity points are useful within a team over time. They are locally useful. But they are stupid to measure across teams or to compare teams or productivity. Velocity points are just an estimating tool, not a measure of value. It’s useful to know that a team usually produces 10 points per sprint but this sprint is 5 or 20. It just lets you know if your team is producing “normal” or not. It’s useless to try to calculate that out of 20 teams the average velocity points are 10 per sprint.