Kanban
What is Kanban ? Kanban in 30 seconds… Kanban is a way of visualising a continuous flow of tasks such as this trello board we use to manage nixxing.com.
Teams can look at the board and pick up the next most valuable thing for them to do. Managers can easily understand what is being worked on.
What Kanban is good At Getting started Kanban is a simple & intuitive way to get teams started.
Velocity
What is Development Velocity ? Velocity 30 seconds… Velocity is meant to help teams predict how much work they can complete in a given time frame - typically a sprint.
Before a sprint starts the teams look at all of the tasks available to them and size each one using scales such as:
Fibenaci: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 T-Shirt sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL If (and that can sometimes be a BIG if) the sizing is consistent then after a few sprints teams should be able to predict reasonably accurately how many tasks they can commit to a sprint.