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Ok, so you seem to appreciate the value of a VELOCITY metric. I am curious if you also track UNPLANNED WORK. The reason I ask is because in my experience a VE
by tanseydavid 4y ago
Ok, so you seem to appreciate the value of a VELOCITY metric.
I am curious if you also track UNPLANNED WORK.
The reason I ask is because in my experience a VELOCITY metric is in fact useless without also tracking PLANNED vs. UNPLANNED work. I am hoping you say "Yes, we track that".
BTW I thought the metaphor was quite appropriate (and hardly snarky -- not sure why you read that into it).
- arealaccount 4y agoIf you dont count UNPLANNED WORK into your velocity, then it becomes a useful metric for planning. Its basically an inverse of disruption. Dev always wants to assign points to anything that gets pulled into a plan after commitments, or any scope creep, but if you can resist then your velocity becomes relatively consistent and predictable.