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A simple, public example of an Velocity R&D Capitalization report

Data granularity

  1. Each row represents a contributors activity on a given issue in a given month

  2. In its simplest form a row contains the following data

Basic velocity example row

Contributor

Issue ID

Issue Name

Issue State

Capitalizable?

Month

Story Points

Xander

ALL-4

Update firmware

Done

Yes

February

3

Basic investment hours example row

Contributor

Issue ID

Issue Name

Issue State

Capitalizable?

Month

Hours Invested

Xander

ALL-4

Update firmware

Done

Yes

February

16.1

Describing parent container to facilitate roll up

  1. Issues often belong to parent containers which may in term belong to another parent.

    1. e.g. Initiatives contain Epics which contain Issues

  2. Including these parents allows for easier roll up of data

Velocity with parent issues

Contributor

Initiative ID

Initiative Name

Epic ID

Epic Name

Epic Capitalizable

Issue ID

Issue Name

Issue State

Month

Story Points

Xander

INIT-3

Support Delivery Drivers

ALL-1

Driver Tracking

Yes

ALL-4

Update firmware

Done

January

3

Investment hours with parent issues

Contributor

Initiative ID

Initiative Name

Epic ID

Epic Name

Epic Capitalizable

Issue ID

Issue Name

Issue State

Month

Hours Invested

Xander

INIT-3

Support Delivery Drivers

ALL-1

Driver Tracking

Yes

ALL-4

Update firmware

Done

February

16.1

Identifying capitalizable work 

  1. Users can indicate work is capitalizable at any level

    1. e.g. If an issue has a capitalizable custom field value of “Yes”

    2. e.g. If an issue is contained in an epic with a capitalizable custom field value of “Yes”

  2. Users can use a complex capitalization trigger

    1. e.g. If an issue is contained in an epic with a capitalizable custom field value of “Yes” and that issue is not of the “Spike” type. 

Describing contributors to facilitate roll up

  1. Contributor tags can be included in your report to allow you to group data by team, role or any other characteristic that is

Velocity with parent issues and contributor tagging

Contributor Role Tag

Contributor

Initiative ID

Initiative Name

Epic ID

Epic Name

Epic Capitalizable

Issue ID

Issue Name

Issue State

Month

Story Points

Rascals

Xander

INIT-3

Support Delivery Drivers

ALL-1

Driver Tracking

Yes

ALL-4

Update firmware

Done

January

3

Investment hours with parent issues and contributor tagging

Contributor Role Tag

Contributor

Initiative ID

Initiative Name

Epic ID

Epic Name

Epic Capitalizable

Issue ID

Issue Name

Issue State

Month

Hours Invested

Rascals

Xander

INIT-3

Support Delivery Drivers

ALL-1

Driver Tracking

Yes

ALL-4

Update firmware

Done

February

16.1

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