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Guide on Velocity Calculation

Velocity Calculation is a critical component in Sprint Planning and Execution in Scrum Methodology. It's importance lies in its ability to help teams predict how much work they can accomplish in a given sprint.

What is Velocity Calculation?
Velocity Calculation is a measurement of the total effort a team can handle during a single sprint. It's calculated by adding up the estimates of the items (user stories or tasks) successfully completed in the last sprint.

How it works?
Velocity is calculated by summing the estimation of all completed work (typically in user story points) from the previous Scrum Sprints and dividing it by the total number of sprints. This average gives the project's Velocity.

Exam Tips: Answering Questions on Velocity Calculation
1. Understand the concept: Having a thorough knowledge of the Velocity Calculation, its purpose and operation is crucial.
2. Practice: Work through past questions or examples to gain a firm understanding of how to apply the concept in a practical situation.
3. Interpretation: Be able to interpret Velocity in different contexts - for example, understand what it would mean if velocity was increasing or decreasing over several sprints.
4. Backup considerations: Understand what factors could impact velocity, such as team changes or technical debt.
5. Formula: Remember the formula to calculate the Velocity, total of completed story points divided by number of sprints.

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Velocity calculation is a planning tool used in agile projects. It's a relative measure which tracks the amount of work the Scrum Team completes during a Sprint. It is calculated at the end of the Sprint by totalling the points for all fully completed User Stories. Using velocity, teams estimate the work they can complete in a future sprint, facilitating more realistic planning and helping to predict the project schedule. Velocity should be used as a guide and not a target. An increase in velocity does not always mean greater productivity, just like a decrease might not indicate a problem.

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