velocity
3
5.3
- noun
- /vəˈlɑːsɪti/
- Jargon
:
velocidad
- Using velocity as a key metric allows agile teams to assess their productivity and improve efficiencies.
- citation velocity
- high velocity
- force-velocity
Examples
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Here, the mass is the money supply, and the velocity is how fast we spend money.
Blog text (24) -
The new IT elite is directly tied to the bottom line and velocity of business.
Blog text (5) -
The latter is important because the velocity of money is important to carrying out transactions.
Blog text (11) -
Monetarists warn about the velocity and amount of money in circulation, and reducing the government deficit becomes a goal in itself.
Academic text (1992) -
Want to make consumer spending more liquid with a higher velocity of cash (aka increased spending)?
Blog text (3) -
The consequence of the Fed's lack of control over the money multiplier and velocity is apparent.
Blog text (26) -
The team's velocity was measured at 30 story points per sprint, helping to plan future work.
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At the end of the sprint, we analyzed the velocity to improve our project forecasting.
Synonyms
∞
2.1
The speed or amount at which something happens over time
∞
1.0
How fast someone or something moves
409
2.0
How fast someone or something moves
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.7
The speed needed to leave a planet's or star's gravity without more push
- Specialized
1
6.3
The fastest steady speed a falling object reaches when air stops it from going faster
- Jargon
1
6.5
The point when a company grows enough to support itself without extra funding
- Specialized
1
5.8
How fast and in what direction something moves compared with another object
- Specialized
The speed of an object compared with the average movement of nearby stars or gas
- Specialized
A tool that sends sound waves through concrete to check its strength without breaking it
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Velocity comes from the Latin velox meaning 'fast', and people began to use it for how much a team can do in a set time. So in Agile work velocity is the team's 'speed' of completing tasks and helps plan future work.