Glossary term
What is Velocity?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Velocity" means: The number of points a team finished in a sprint. Recent sprints help forecast the next one. It is taught in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship. Related terms include Story points, Kanban, User story and WIP limit. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Velocity?
The number of points a team finished in a sprint. Recent sprints help forecast the next one.
Where is Velocity taught?
Velocity is defined in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship.
Which terms are related to Velocity?
Next to Velocity in the course glossaries: Story points, Kanban, User story, WIP limit, Product backlog, Cycle time and Sprint.
Story pointsKanbanUser storyWIP limitProduct backlogCycle timeSprint
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Velocity?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship: None. You do not need any project management experience.