Calculate sprint velocity.

Velocity is the average number of story points your team completes per sprint. It works as a planning aid rather than a performance score, and its job is to turn a backlog into a realistic forecast. Paste the completed points from your last few sprints and this calculator returns your average, your recent range, and roughly how many sprints a backlog of a given size will take.

Use three to six recent sprints for a stable number, and plan with the suggested range rather than a single figure. Real velocity moves up and down with scope, holidays, and interruptions, so a range sets more honest expectations. If one sprint looks like an outlier, dig into why before you trust the average.

Combine velocity with the sprint capacity calculator when team availability changes from sprint to sprint, and lean on planning poker cards to keep your point estimates consistent. Reviewing the velocity trend during your sprint retrospective helps the team separate real delivery issues from normal estimation noise.