What is story point estimation on an agile team? Resource Library
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Story point estimation is the process of assigning story points to a product backlog item or a user story. It helps people understand the scope of the work they plan to do in a sprint. Story points also provide a metric known as velocity, which is the number of points implemented per sprint. Estimation is a collaborative process in which teammates discuss the effort of completing an item from the product backlog.
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What are story points? Definition and Overview
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What is Story Point in Agile? How to Estimate a User Story?
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9 Rules for Story Points to Empower the Team
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Estimating Features Scaling Software Agility
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Story Points vs Hours: Which Estimation Type Is Better?
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Don't Equate Story Points to Hours
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Scrum (software development) - Wikipedia
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Story - Scaled Agile Framework
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Agile Estimation Techniques
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Sprint Planning Meeting: A Simple Cheat Sheet - LeadingAgile
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Why using story points matters