Velocity Anti-Patterns — Demand for more velocity

This is far and away, the most common Velocity Anti-Pattern, and quite possibly the most harmful. It manifests itself in a number of differing fashions, but the basics are the same: Somebody determines that the team needs to get more done in…

Velocity Anti-Patterns — Introduction

If you’ve been on an agile team that uses velocity as a key metric, you’ve probably experienced or at least witnessed some pretty strange behavior.

I asked a group of agile coaches and practitioners via Twitter and LinkedIn about…

Velocity Anti-Patterns — Attempts to show more velocity

When leadership asks for an increase in velocity, there are a few common behaviors that occur. Each of them are an attempt to satisfy the potentially unrealistic ask.

Velocity Anti-Patterns — Enticing greater velocity

Leaders (and teams) attempt to achieve velocity increases in numerous ways. Most, as you can imagine, have unintended side effects on the teams and none significantly improve the actual flow/delivery of value to their customers. Here we…

Troubleshooting Velocity

Recently, on a private forum, a member posted a query about their team’s recent drop in Velocity. Concerned about…

A Lightweight Incident Response Framework for Software Teams