WorkRate

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Definition of 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, and is often confused with Velocity.

See:

EffortPoint, A relative measure of the actual effort it will take to ‘do’ a Story. Often confused with StoryPoint.
Ideal Engineering Hour/Day, An estimate of actual effort that ignores disruptions or disasters; an Ideal Hour/Day is an Hour/Day that has no interruptions, but does not ‘wish away’ other Impediments.
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...

Examples

The WorkRate metric could be useful for Release Planning, as it would help the Team know how many EffortPoints they could expect to get Done, on average, in a Sprint.

EffortPoints and WorkRate are measuring how much total Effort was spent, which is about total Cost.

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