Hi Pierre-Selim
Before the last sprint, we adjusted how many points we assign to stories. We didn't have enough range to compare the complexity, and all things ended up being 5, 8 or 13 points. This was identified at a retrospective so we decided to recalibrate our points scale. Therefore it's not useful to compare the points in the last sprint with the past. We mentioned this during our last showcase.
And yes, over the last few months our velocity has been increasing. I think there are many reasons for this:
- we have not added or lost any new team members in the last 3 months
- as the new product manager, I have been creating smaller stories and helping the team focus (I'm trying hard not to take all the credit here)
- the team has really taken on completing its commitments during a sprint and we have been very interested where we are at at each scrum (we use a spreadsheet and burn up hours)
- We have also been focused on fewer quarterly goals have pushed back on some issues/requests.