How to avoid traps when you use the velocity in your team?
Sharing experience from the trenches on velocity
Let’s put the pertinence of using velocity aside for this article: Velocity is and will always be a tool for the teams, only for the teams.
People should never use this outside of the team, especially a manager.
In this post, I describe the traps I have met in my career that were counter-productive primarily for the team and harmful to the people inside.
In this article, we cover the following:
Velocity is a measure that is relative to the people who use it
You should never use velocity to compare people inside one team
Actually, there is one case where you can compare people inside one team
Conclusion