Story points must be calibrated by the team for themselves which seems to be the case based on statements from the original poster. If the velocity goes down, t

Story points must be calibrated by the team for themselves which seems to be the case based on statements from the original poster. If the velocity goes down, the team is getting less work done. Using profit to measure developer productivity on the other hand is utter nonsense; not even the most clueless manager would come up with such an idea.