Velocity charts

In this section, we'll discuss velocity charts. Velocity charts are very valuable. We'll cover what they are, how to read them, and how to use our past velocity to plan our future commitments.

Velocity charts – an example

Let's take a look at an example of a velocity chart, as follows:

Velocity chart example

To orient us to the preceding chart, let's take a look at its different elements. The gray bars represent what we've committed to in each of our sprints, and we can see that this is measured in STORY POINTS. In this example, we can see that in Sprint 3, we've actually committed to 25 story points. The green bar represents what the team finished, and in this example...