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Planning poker in a nutshell
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• Nutshell • Pi5alls • Alterna;ves
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Story points have no units
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Story points are rela;ve
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Story points are
team specific
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The people doing the work es;mate story points
collabora;vely
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Velocity is the average number of story points delivered per itera;on
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Velocity is used to help decide which stories can be
delivered in an itera;on
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• Nutshell • Pi2alls • Alterna;ves
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We’re not very good at rela;ve es;ma;on, either
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It’s easier to compare small things
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It’s difficult to compare apples and bricks
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Es;ma;on mee;ngs frequently become
dysfunc;onal
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Story points are prone to misuse
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People oNen forget ‘slack’
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• Nutshell • Pi5alls • Alterna4ves
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Probabilis;c planning
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Naked Planning
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Average delivery ;me from here:
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#NoEs;mates
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Story points are: • Widely used • Problema;c • Not the only op;on
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