Velocity is ateam-specific metricand cannot be reliably estimated until the team has worked together forseveral sprints. According to thePMI Agile Practice Guide (Section 5.4 Sprint Planning and Velocity Tracking), velocity should bemeasured empirically, not predicted based on assumptions or external input.
Mike Griffiths (PMI-ACP Exam Prep Book, Chapter 6: Adaptive Planning) emphasizes thatnew teams need to run a few sprints to establish a reliable velocitythrough real performance data, not estimation.
Option Dis correct: actual performance determines true velocity.
Option AandBrely on speculation.
Option Cincorrectly uses sponsor input for team planning, which goes against agile principles.
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