Re:Hard deadlines are not user-first
by latchkey on Thursday January 02, 2020 @02:26AM
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Good question. An iteration is a marker to generate velocity.
All of the points collected in that week are summed together and the average of those points across a configurable threshold (typically 3 weeks) is the velocity. Once you have a velocity, you can start to make predictions about the future.
For example, if velocity is 10, that means 10 points worth of stories can fit into an iteration. If the PM moves another story into the iteration, the last story would be automatically pushed into the next iteration. Makes it easier to answer the question of 'when will a story be done?' as well as 'how will changing the flow of stories affect deliverables?'
Highly recommend you read the documentation, it has been formed over many years and is excellent.
All of the points collected in that week are summed together and the average of those points across a configurable threshold (typically 3 weeks) is the velocity. Once you have a velocity, you can start to make predictions about the future.
For example, if velocity is 10, that means 10 points worth of stories can fit into an iteration. If the PM moves another story into the iteration, the last story would be automatically pushed into the next iteration. Makes it easier to answer the question of 'when will a story be done?' as well as 'how will changing the flow of stories affect deliverables?'
Highly recommend you read the documentation, it has been formed over many years and is excellent.
https://www.pivotaltracker.com/help/articles/quick_start/