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Re:Ask HN: Do you think Agile/Scrum is beneficial for softwa... by Pet_Ant on Thursday March 04, 2021 @07:26PM (#26350607)
> It’s not a measurement tool though - it’s tool for self-calibration.

This was my complaint of the term “velocity” because it sounds objective and absolute when it’s really much more arbitrary and not even comparable to the same team from year to year.

Re:Ask HN: Do you think Agile/Scrum is beneficial for softwa... by imbnwa on Friday March 05, 2021 @06:50PM (#26363808)
Exactly, and since there's no human whose job is to figure out the ontology of dev work...