Getting Higher Velocity – Take 3
by Joe Little, 11 October 2011 | The Agile Blogosphere
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A recent conversation leads me to discuss some basic issues.
- Why do we care about velocity?
To be honest, higher velocity is less important than better focus on business value. Higher velocity going the wrong direction does not help at all, and usually hurts. We always need more clarity on: (a) what the customer will really want (when we deliver), and (b) how focus on only the 'vital few' things (eg, for the next release). These two things are more important than higher velocity (in all real life situations that I see). (A nod to Ron Jeffries for forcing me to say this.)
But, if we assume that the Product Owner is taking us in the right direction (having us build high business value items) and on the MMFS (minimum marketable feature set), then higher velocity is better.
And, when we remove impediments, one of our key reasons for doing so is higher velocity. Yes, we want more fun, we want more creativity (which does not always result in higher velocity per se), we want higher quality, we want less technical debt (which should come out as higher velocity eventually), etc. Still, I assume the other things, and so higher velocity is the key thing.
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