Velocity Theater Produces Awful Meals

"We had a terrible night. Our kitchen Velocity dropped from 50 to 37 Story Points."

Imagine the insanity of a chef measuring the performance of his restaurant by setting Velocity targets for the kitchen crew.

If your dishes taste bad, nobody cares about how many Story Points you completed.

Completing more Story Points does not equal a better meal.

What matters is how the food tastes, not how much effort you spend in the kitchen.

And even if the food is good, that's not enough.

You must consider the whole dining experience, not only focus on maximizing the effort exerted by the kitchen.

In the words of Anthony Bourdain:

"Good food is very often, even most often, simple food."

And that is why Velocity theater is as stupid as a chef trying to maximize the effort spent in the kitchen.

It's not about working hard, it's about getting your meal to do the heavy lifting.