Estimation Techniques Flashcards
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In Planning Poker, why are Fibonacci-like numbers used instead of a linear 1-10 scale?
Answer: They reflect growing uncertainty as size increases
The widening gaps acknowledge that larger items carry more uncertainty, discouraging false precision.
A team consistently completes 30 story points per sprint. What is this measurement called?
Answer: Velocity
Velocity is the average number of story points a team completes per sprint.
When should Planning Poker cards be revealed during estimation?
Answer: Simultaneously after everyone has chosen
Revealing simultaneously prevents anchoring bias from the first person's estimate.
Two developers reveal a 3 and a 13 for the same story. What should happen next?
Answer: They discuss the reasoning behind the extremes
Wide divergence signals differing assumptions that discussion can surface and resolve.
What does a story point primarily represent?
Answer: Relative effort, complexity, and uncertainty
Story points are a relative measure combining effort, complexity, and risk rather than absolute time.
Why might a new team's velocity be unreliable for the first few sprints?
Answer: The team is still calibrating its shared sense of point sizing
New teams need several sprints to establish a consistent, shared baseline for point sizing.
What is the main risk of converting story points directly into hours for stakeholders?
Answer: It reintroduces false precision and undermines relative estimation
Mapping points to fixed hours defeats the purpose of relative sizing and creates misleading precision.