Comments on: The Importance of Velocity for Product Planning http://blog.coryfoy.com/2008/09/the-importance-of-velocity-for-product-planning/ It's all about delivering Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:42:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Artem Marchenko http://blog.coryfoy.com/2008/09/the-importance-of-velocity-for-product-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Artem Marchenko Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:33:00 +0000 http://blog.cornetdesign.com/?p=41#comment-38 IMHO, that was a very wise decision to start estimating (coming sprint and whole release) and tracking velocity from the very beginning.<br /><br />I know quite many teams that that were reluctant to start estimations early and then management didn't have the good vehicle to prioritize and understand the team tradeoffs.<br /><br />Unfortunately tracking velocity is useful on large scale only and without somebody wanting it really much it is often tempting to skip what doesn't bring the immediate benefits. IMHO, that was a very wise decision to start estimating (coming sprint and whole release) and tracking velocity from the very beginning.

I know quite many teams that that were reluctant to start estimations early and then management didn’t have the good vehicle to prioritize and understand the team tradeoffs.

Unfortunately tracking velocity is useful on large scale only and without somebody wanting it really much it is often tempting to skip what doesn’t bring the immediate benefits.

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