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- Yes, as I mentioned, this is not to be used for any cross-team comparison, rather for project size estimation. However - if one team see something is 2 times the reference story, then the other teams should arrive at the same conclusion too. Not how long will it take them, but how much effort they expect it to be compared to the reference story. Actually in this case, they are not both correct, because they use the reference story and thus the relative effort should be the same. That is why story points are said to be used when you cannot agree on time.John V– John V2018-11-01 13:07:24 +00:00Commented Nov 1, 2018 at 13:07
- I think this is the textbook example: one team says 1 hour, the other team says 1 day. Instead, they agree on 1 point, however it means different time for both of them. Exacty because story points are not hours.John V– John V2018-11-01 13:09:17 +00:00Commented Nov 1, 2018 at 13:09
- That is a good answer but you confused hours and story points. Time estimates vary among team members (or teams), story point estimates should not. In the end, that is exactly why they are used, to allow communication between members with different performance. Members are all correct in their different time estimates but they all need to agree (more or less) on a number of story points.Ezoela Vacca– Ezoela Vacca2018-11-01 16:57:49 +00:00Commented Nov 1, 2018 at 16:57
- I was not intending to confuse hours and story points. In my illustration, it is points (relative, not hours) which changed depending on the individuals. The baseline can all be agreed to be a 2, but if you hand two different teams the same story for an estimate, one might call it a 5 and the other might call it an 8. Their idea of the relative scale of effort of what amount of effort a number means can be different. That is what I have seen in practice. An 8 for one team means a different thing than an 8 from another team.Jay S– Jay S2018-11-01 20:49:38 +00:00Commented Nov 1, 2018 at 20:49
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