The debate about why story points why not time goes on wherever I go for conducting coaching workshops. Hence I thought of sharing few more thoughts today.
Previously we had sizing techniques like Function Point Analysis, but it was tough to understand/implement by everyone and hence was restricted to experts ONLY. But estimation is an activity to be done by people who are going to work on it. Hence a simpler sizing technique was needed so that everyone(developers, testers) can understand and use it easily.
Story points is a very powerful sizing technique. It has various advantages as I mentioned in my earlier articles.
- Agile Estimation: 9 Reasons Why You Should Use Story Points
- Agile Estimation: 8 Steps to Successful Story Point Estimation
Story points estimation using planning poker which is based on Wideband Delphi method helps to arrive at consensus based estimates using collective intelligence – Wisdom of the Crowds.
[Read more…] about Story Points and Man Hours – When To Use Them and Why?