Scrum Team Velocity: Exploring Team Velocity

Scrum Team Velocity: Exploring Team Velocity

• discover the key concepts covered in this course
• describe what team velocity is and what it represents in Scrum
• describe the advantages of team velocity
• describe the relationship between user stories and team velocity in Scrum
• recognize the role of the Scrum Master in managing and improving team velocity
• describe how team velocity can affect a Scrum team and how to find the right balance for your team
• describe the common metrics of team velocity in Scrum, how to identify the metrics you wish to use, and how to measure them
• describe the use of burndown charts as they relate to team velocity
• describe burndown charts and how they can be created and managed using the popular project management tool JIRA
• recognize best practices for improving team velocity
• describe examples of known Scrum velocity case studies
• summarize the key concepts covered in this course

The single most important metric of Scrum is team velocity. Explore team velocity, including its purpose and benefits and how to implement it. Discover the role of the Scrum Master, how to find velocity balance and calculate metrics, and how velocity burndown charts are created and managed with JIRA. Finally, examine best practices for managing velocity with your team and case studies where team velocity was effectively managed.