From the course: Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories (2015)
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Calculating your velocity
From the course: Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories (2015)
Calculating your velocity
- In 1914 Henry Ford noticed that his employees worked best when limited to eight hours. After eight hours their productivity began to slow down. That's why Ford Motor established the 40 hour work week. The change increased their productivity and many companies soon followed. That's why the 40 hour work week became standard. In the 1980s fewer people worked in manufacturing. They became desk workers and computer programmers. Because of this, many employers felt that the 40 hour work week was dated, it only made sense in manufacturing. Working a 70 hour work week became a badge of honor for desk working go-getters. The Agile framework pushes back on this ever expanding work week. Agile promotes the idea that people should go home at a reasonable hour. Often developers will think more clearly when they're driving home, or walking their dog. An Agile project should have a challenging pace. There shouldn't be any project crashes. The team shouldn't have a flurry of activity at the end of…
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