Quiz – Advanced Velocity Mastery

Question 1 of 5

1. Question

According to the script, velocity should be used exclusively for what purpose?

Capacity planning within your own team

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Setting individual performance bonuses

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Ranking teams against each other

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Justifying quarterly headcount increases

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Question 2 of 5

2. Question

How does the script describe comparing Team A’s velocity to Team B’s?

Meaningless, because teams differ in composition and complexity

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Essential for fair resource allocation

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The best way to reward high performers

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A reliable measure of relative quality

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Question 3 of 5

3. Question

What is the velocity ratchet effect?

Leadership demanding ever-higher velocity each sprint

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Velocity dropping steadily as technical debt grows

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Teams deliberately lowering estimates to look safe

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Velocity stabilizing once a team reaches maturity

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Question 4 of 5

4. Question

Whose research is cited for the point that stable velocity equals mature teams?

Schwaber

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Goldratt

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Edmondson

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Kniberg

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Question 5 of 5

5. Question

Whose research shows that misusing velocity derails scaling transformations?

Dikert and colleagues

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Womack and Jones

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Larman and Vodde

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Pfeffer and Sutton

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