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Re:Tell HN: Pivotal Tracker removes non-enterprise price tiers by nurettin on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @03:51PM (#39609029)
I never liked their velocity diagram. I've had situations where I had great progress when it showed low, and I had situations when bugs and setbacks made the "velocity" measure meaningless. You can even inflate it with lots of "important" little tasks.

It's just a bad metric to optimize for.

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Re:Tell HN: Pivotal Tracker removes non-enterprise price tiers by robertlagrant on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @04:24PM (#39609318)
Almost all metrics are bad to optimise for. If you don't use it skillfully it won't work. Even if you do, it's a guide at best.
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