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Re:Types of Engineers by deliriousferret on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @11:17AM (#13374963)
Velocity? How is that a software term?
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Re:Types of Engineers by schwarzmx on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @11:21AM (#13374992)
It's a pretty well known term in agile software development.
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Re:Types of Engineers by cortesoft on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @12:01PM (#13375393)
It is also a pretty well known term in other fields, and was long before agile software development came around.
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Re:Types of Engineers by shuntress on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @01:38PM (#13376288)
In this case, other context clues tell us that the article means 'velocity as in software development'.

Agile, for example, is another general term that has a fairly specific meaning in this context.

If you overhear someone in a park say "Oh, you guys are agile? What's your average velocity?" would you assume they are talking about athletics or software development?

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