When working with user stories, do you prefer to use story points or ideal days? Or something other?

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Lenka Pincot Chief of Staff to the CEO| Project Management Institute Paris, France

Hi, I was wondering what is your experience and preference to estimate user stories. Story points, ideal days or do you use any other method? Why did you select the particular one?

Posted: Nov 15, 2018 11:40 AM

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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada

Depends on the size of the story. Early on, when all you have is the "Card", t-shirt sizing might be as good as you can get, but as the details of the requirements evolve, shifting to story points supports velocity-based forecasting.

Kiron

Posted: Nov 15, 2018 12:20 PM

Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina

If you use story points the worst thing you can do is trying to translate it in days or any other type of units. The amount of time you will spend to create the piece of product is determined for the amount of user stories you can put into each sprint.

Posted: Nov 15, 2018 8:18 PM

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When working with user stories, do you prefer to use story points or ideal days? Or something other?

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