Capacity

[kuh-pas-i-tee]

Definition of Capacity

An estimate or prediction of the rate that a Team or Organization will be able to develop Product; it is often used in Release Planning. Often confused with Velocity and WorkRate.

See:

Velocity, The rate that a Team or Organization has been producing Product; usually calculated as completed StoryPoints per Sprint. It is often used as an approximation for Capacity and is often...
WorkRate The rate that a Team expends effort; usually calculated as EffortPoints per Sprint, Ideal Engineering Hours/Days per Sprint, or something similar. It is used as an aid in Sprint Planning,...

Examples

We make Capacity assumptions in order to be able to make predictions. These Capacity assumptions should be verified or re-baselined every Sprint based on current Velocity calculations.

We can think of the Chores as work the Team does to maintain its Capacity, either by keeping the Code cleaner and easier to work with, or by improving the Team and its Environment.

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"Capacity" ScrumDictionary.com. Accessed Apr 26, 2024. https://scrumdictionary.com/term/capacity/.