Do Agile Teams Split Almost-Finished Work for Velocity Credit?

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There's an old saying: Close only counts with horseshoes and hand grenades. But what about with the work of a sprint? Can teams count sprint backlog items that are close to being done toward their velocity? Find out in this video from Mike Cohn.

Inside this video: 00:00 Should teams divide stories at the end of the sprint to get credit 00:48 2 problems with late-sprint splits 02:03 The positive backlash of enforcing rules 02:56 When teams CAN take partial credit 03:24 How late is too late to split sprint backlog items? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bMXcfwpyzg