The rate at which software is successfully delivered into production, as distinct from coding velocity. A team may write code faster due to AI tools while production velocity stays the same or even drops, because quality, security, and governance activities downstream have not accelerated to match.
Production velocity is the more meaningful measure of a team's actual throughput, since it reflects the full system of constraints in the SDLC rather than just the speed of the coding step.
Production velocity is the more meaningful measure of a team's actual throughput, since it reflects the full system of constraints in the SDLC rather than just the speed of the coding step.
