Scrum Metrics: What Velocity, Burndown and Sprint Goal Success Do and Don't Tell You
The Scrum Guide defines no metrics; velocity, burndown and Sprint Goal success help the team's own forecasting but do not show value. In a real C# run, the burndown of a Sprint whose scope grew by 3 items mid-Sprint sits at 12 on day four, the same as at the start, while the burnup shows progress and the scope change separately. The post also covers comparing velocity across teams and Goodhart's law.
8 Nov 2026
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