I wish I could highlight this a million times over. The idea of story points (which I have mixed feelings about regardless, but are not as bad as the author of

I wish I could highlight this a million times over. The idea of story points (which I have mixed feelings about regardless, but are not as bad as the author of the article mentions) is to produce a useful measure, which becomes instantly useless once it becomes a target. Once you start saying that you have to meet a certain velocity, you've gone off the rails.