I disagree that velocity is a terrible metric. I think a more comprehensive suggestion from the article could've been to use velocity in conjunction with other metrics. Perhaps with the ones the author points out in the article.
Measuring things is hard. Most of the time when you measure something there will be a loss of information. Velocity, in the context of software engineering, is no exemption. However, this doesn't mean that it can't be a helpful signal.
Measuring things is hard. Most of the time when you measure something there will be a loss of information. Velocity, in the context of software engineering, is no exemption. However, this doesn't mean that it can't be a helpful signal.