{"id":2624,"date":"2020-03-28T13:56:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T12:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2020-05-15T19:17:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:17:27","slug":"velocity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/en\/velocity\/","title":{"rendered":"Velocity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Velocity is a measure of done Backlog Items delivered per Timebox (Iteration or Cycle). It is used to provide a forecast of future done work. Conditions are that the team and the timebox are stable over time.<\/p>\n<h2>Calculating Velocity<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2638 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/velocity_equation-300x94.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/velocity_equation-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/velocity_equation.png 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is possible to calculate the Velocity of a Team for a single Iteration or Cycle. For better results we sum ip all &#8220;done&#8221; work of all timeboxes, measured in Story Points\u00a0 (SP), and divide them by the number of timeboxes. 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