Story Points Are Not the Problem, Velocity Is

📚 Source

https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/story-points-are-not-problem-velocity

Who Should Read This

Anyone who:

• Still thinks velocity is a performance metric instead of a vanity number.
• Obsess over story points for forecasting instead of using flow metrics.
• Gets stuck in two‑hour debates about whether something is a 3 or a 5.

Influenced Mental Models

• False Precision
• Probabilistic Forecasting
• Story Points
• Flow Metrics
• Right-Sizing
• Velocity
• Planning Poker
• Evidence Over Speculation
• Monte Carlo Forecasting
• Throughput
• Decision Clarity
• Flow Efficiency
• Accountability Integrity
• Hedonic Treadmill
• Principle of Enoughness

Resonating Quotes

Quote

“Flow metrics and right-sizing PBIs work together to give you a better (yet imperfect) estimate with much less effort.”

—Chuck Suscheck via Story Points Are Not the Problem, Velocity Is