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Subject: Re: [XP] calculating story points
From: Steven Gordon <sgordonphd () gmail ! com>
Date: 2009-04-30 19:29:02
Message-ID: 709b71310904301229l7189168ct30b6df3638e5837 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Given that most new teams make their stories too large, starting from
2 is likely to lead to fractions when they learn to split stories
smaller (or the adoption of a new meaning of 2 story points).
More pragmatic to start from 8 if there is no coaching or prior experience.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Adam Sroka <adam.sroka@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Tim Ottinger <linux_tim@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: George Dinwiddie <lists@idiacomputing.com>
>>>
>>> The easiest practice in my experience is to pick a fairly small story
>>> and call it a "2". Then estimate other stories relative to that one.
>>
>> +1
>>
>
> Mike Cohn says to pick a "medium-sized" story and estimate relative to
> that. The advantage is that it gives you some room to go both up and
> down in your relative estimates. Also, what constitutes "medium-sized"
> might be more consistent than what constitutes "small" or "large"
> since edge cases will happen at the edges ;-) YMMV, of course.
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<p>Given that most new teams make their stories too large, starting from<br>
2 is likely to lead to fractions when they learn to split stories<br>
smaller (or the adoption of a new meaning of 2 story points).<br>
<br>
More pragmatic to start from 8 if there is no coaching or prior experience.<br>
<br>
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Adam Sroka <<a \
href="mailto:adam.sroka%40gmail.com">adam.sroka@gmail.<wbr>com</a>> wrote:<br> \
><br> ><br>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Tim Ottinger <<a \
href="mailto:linux_tim%40yahoo.com">linux_tim@yahoo.<wbr>com</a>> wrote:<br> \
>><br> >><br>
>><br>
>> ----- Original Message ----<br>
>>> From: George Dinwiddie <<a \
href="mailto:lists%40idiacomputing.com">lists@idiacomputing<wbr>.com</a>><br> \
>>><br> >>> The easiest practice in my experience is to pick a \
fairly small story<br> >>> and call it a "2". Then estimate other \
stories relative to that one.<br> >><br>
>> +1<br>
>><br>
><br>
> Mike Cohn says to pick a "medium-sized" story and estimate relative \
to<br> > that. The advantage is that it gives you some room to go both up and<br>
> down in your relative estimates. Also, what constitutes \
"medium-sized"<br> > might be more consistent than what constitutes \
"small" or "large"<br> > since edge cases will happen at the \
edges ;-) YMMV, of course.<br> </p>
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