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 ====== Can We Trust Story Points as a Measure of Effort? ====== ====== Can We Trust Story Points as a Measure of Effort? ======
  
-Many people worry that Story Points do not help us estimate effort. They are after "estimates" - how does that work? The reality is that point based estimates provide a more realistic view than time tracking systems.+Many people worry that Story Points do not help us estimate effort. They areafter all, "estimates" with the additional problem of being "unit less" - how does that work? The reality is that point based estimates provide a more realistic view than time tracking systems.
  
 It turns out that a story point view of estimated effort is highly correlated with actual work time. Agile practices help teams drive toward high correlation between estimated points and actual time. One goal of agile is to improve overall forecasting starting with the commitment made during sprint planning. Teams that embrace agile estimating principles examine their estimation points and outcomes, trying to ensure that their sprint forecasts are roughly met by the sprint result. If there is wide variation, teams would discuss improvements at a retrospective (see [[what_can_we_do_to_improve_our_point_based_estimates|What Can We Do To Improve Our Point Based Estimates?]] for specific ideas on this). It turns out that a story point view of estimated effort is highly correlated with actual work time. Agile practices help teams drive toward high correlation between estimated points and actual time. One goal of agile is to improve overall forecasting starting with the commitment made during sprint planning. Teams that embrace agile estimating principles examine their estimation points and outcomes, trying to ensure that their sprint forecasts are roughly met by the sprint result. If there is wide variation, teams would discuss improvements at a retrospective (see [[what_can_we_do_to_improve_our_point_based_estimates|What Can We Do To Improve Our Point Based Estimates?]] for specific ideas on this).
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