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If you reward a team for increasing story points completed, then you will very quickly find that every single story has the maximum possible estimate. In the lo
by plorkyeran 7y ago
If you reward a team for increasing story points completed, then you will very quickly find that every single story has the maximum possible estimate. In the longer term you'd get stories split into more smaller stories far more often than is reasonable.
It's an incredibly obvious example of a measure that's useful only so long as there's no incentive to game it.
- ratww 7y agoI saw that happen in a team whose OKR was stupidly tied to story points. They went from 20 points per sprint to 70 overnight, by splitting stories as most as possible. It was hilarious when they reached their quarter OKR in less than a month.
- asplake 7y agoI have heard this described as “quantitative easing” for story points, and yes, hilarious.