Do Agile Teams Split Unfinished Work for Velocity Credit?

Can teams ever split unfinished work off of sprint backlog items that are close to being done and count the finished work toward their velocity? Learn about 2 problems with late-sprint splits of unfinished stories, the one time I allow story splitting during a sprint, and the positive side effects of enforcing the rules. Learn more about working as an agile team: Overlapping work: https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/... Getting started with sprint planning: https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/... Whole team training from Mountain Goat: https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/... There's an old saying: Close only counts with horseshoes and hand grenades. But what about the almost-finished work in a sprint? 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?