[okhudeira]

Author here.

I won't get into whether or not it's fair to call call "developers" "engineers", but I do make the distinction in the first paragraph that the article refers to software engineers. In addition, velocity, bug count, and lines of code are all software terms. I can't imagine anyone thinking this is referring to any other type of engineering.

[JorgeGT]

Note that other types of engineers write code: CAD, CFD, FEM, etc. We don't develop software products, but we write code to pursue our goals.

[deliriousferret]

Velocity? How is that a software term?

[schwarzmx]

It's a pretty well known term in agile software development.

[cortesoft]

It is also a pretty well known term in other fields, and was long before agile software development came around.

[shuntress]

In this case, other context clues tell us that the article means 'velocity as in software development'.

Agile, for example, is another general term that has a fairly specific meaning in this context.

If you overhear someone in a park say "Oh, you guys are agile? What's your average velocity?" would you assume they are talking about athletics or software development?

[akvadrako]

Then the title should be changed.