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by Franco Martinig.
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The average Scrum team delivered a 35% improvement in velocity at Yahoo [1] where teams properly coached delivered 300-400% improvements. The best Scrum Master at MySpace peaked at 267% of initial velocity after 12 weeks and averaged 168% increase in velocity over 12 Sprints. Most teams were less successful.
Scrum teams use lightweight metrics like story points, the burndown chart and team velocity. Recent work with hyperproductive teams shows that they have two engines that produce velocity: alignment of the team and team spirit. Hyper-Productivity is defined with a 400% higher ...