What should the agile coach tell the team?

Velocity is a tool forinternal team improvement and forecasting, not external benchmarking. According to thePMI Agile Practice Guide (Section 5.4: Velocity and Estimation)andMike Griffiths’ PMI-ACP Exam Prep Book (Chapter 3: Team Performance), tracking velocity over time helps teams assess theimpact of process changes, refine estimates, and validate theircontinuous improvement efforts.

Option Cis correct: it focuses onteam-level improvement.

Option Auses velocity inappropriately for performance review, which goes against agile principles.

Option Bpromotes unhealthy comparisons across teams.

Option Dis partially true, but stakeholder communication is secondary to internal use.