| Metric | Definition | What it tells us | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velocity | The amount of work a team completes in one sprint, usually measured in story points. | Helps estimate how much work the team may complete in future sprints. | If a team completes 24, 26, and 22 story points over three sprints, average velocity is about 24 points per sprint. |
| Sprint Burndown | A chart that shows how much work remains during a sprint compared with the ideal remaining work line. | Helps the team see whether the sprint is on track, ahead, behind, blocked, or unstable. | If the actual line stays above the ideal line, the team may be behind. If it drops below the ideal line, the team may be ahead or work may have been overestimated. |
Your slides define velocity as a key Agile metric that measures how much work a team completes during a sprint and helps forecast future sprint capacity.
Your slides use burndown scenarios to interpret sprint progress, including teams being ahead of the ideal line, behind but still reaching the target, flatlining because of blockers, or showing erratic progress.
Simple teaching explanation:
Velocity tells us how much the team usually completes. Sprint burndown tells us whether the current sprint is progressing toward completion.
Example for students:
If our team usually completes 20 story points per sprint, we should not plan 45 story points for the next sprint. During the sprint, the burndown chart helps us check whether the remaining work is decreasing fast enough.
