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Absolutely, story points are used as a component in the estimation of time. Story points on their own are useless though; they are an abstract thing that only
by darkr 8y ago
Absolutely, story points are used as a component in the estimation of time.
Story points on their own are useless though; they are an abstract thing that only means anything to the team and it’s velocity.
A good analogy is that they are an estimate of distance. Knowing roughly how far something is away does not tell you how soon you will get there. You can only do this by working with an average of how fast the team can go.
If the team is terrible at estimating distance, then the velocity will reflect that and gradually self-correct.
- t0mbstone 8y agoJust because you swapped the word "time" with "distance" doesn't mean you aren't still talking about time. Distance from what? How far it is from now until when the work will be done. You are still talking about time. I feel that swapping out the term with one that is more vague is, at worst, disingenuous, and at best, counter-productive.