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Focus Factor Calculator

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73%

average focus factor

Per sprint: 76%, 70%

  • Use this average as the focus factor input for the sprint capacity calculator, not as a target to hit - it describes what has actually happened, not what should happen.

Plug this into the sprint capacity calculator.

What focus factor actually measures

Focus factor is the share of a workday that goes to sprint work after meetings, code review, support tickets, and ordinary interruptions - the gap between calendar availability and real sprint capacity. It's an input the sprint capacity calculator needs, and most teams guess at it rather than measuring it, usually guessing too high.

Why derive it instead of guessing

A guessed focus factor tends to assume something close to a full workday of uninterrupted sprint work, because that's what planning "feels like" it should be. The actual number, measured against a couple of recent sprints - person-days genuinely spent on sprint work versus person-days theoretically available - is almost always lower, commonly landing in the 70-80% range for established teams once meetings and support load are accounted for honestly.

Using the result

Feed the average this tool produces back into the sprint capacity calculator as the focus factor input, instead of a round-number guess. If the per-sprint numbers swing widely, a recent typical sprint is often a better planning input than the average across a volatile stretch.

Frequently asked questions

The share of a workday that goes to real sprint work after meetings, code review, support, and interruptions - most established teams sustain 70-80%.
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