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Velocity

A team's measure of how much work they complete per Sprint, typically in story points.

Popularized by XP and Scrum. Used for team-level capacity planning. SAFe includes velocity in PI Planning. Often misused as a productivity measure across teams.

Across the Frameworks

Scrum

Informal

Not in Scrum Guide but widely used.

SAFe

Native

Formal in PI capacity planning.

LeSS

Informal

Sometimes used; often discouraged for cross-team comparison.

Nexus

Informal

Used colloquially, not framework-defined.

Related Terms

Story Points Capacity Throughput

Present in Scrum, SAFe, LeSS, Nexus.