Completely missing the point, which often happens with xor thinking. The beauty of story points is that they rely on human ability to compare things quickly. It

Completely missing the point, which often happens with xor thinking. The beauty of story points is that they rely on human ability to compare things quickly. It's almost instinctive. ex. You're being chased by a rhinoceros through the jungle. You come upon a tree with branches and a boulder with handholds. 2 seconds, which do you choose? Story points are just a warmup for more elaboration, not an xor decision. This article is making a single-level decision, which completely misses point of using story points. The work-effort really required will be discovered in more elaboration. Story points just give you a live or die measurement, that's it.