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 To be clear, if the estimate is really just a proxy for time (hours or days), we should stop calling them Story Points. After all, they are just “ideal days” or "ideal hours" with all the inherent problems. [[http://www.agilejournal.com/articles/columns/column-articles/6458-lets-stop-the-wishful-thinking|Daryl Kulak]] says: To be clear, if the estimate is really just a proxy for time (hours or days), we should stop calling them Story Points. After all, they are just “ideal days” or "ideal hours" with all the inherent problems. [[http://www.agilejournal.com/articles/columns/column-articles/6458-lets-stop-the-wishful-thinking|Daryl Kulak]] says:
  
-<WRAP box>If a development team is equating some number of hours to a storypoint, it is missing the point (pun intended). Saying, “Thirty hours equals one point” is ridiculous. If you’re doing that, just use hours for goodness sake. You haven’t gained anything from storypoints except to be able to claim to be doing “agile.”</WRAP>+> If a development team is equating some number of hours to a storypoint, it is missing the point (pun intended). Saying, “Thirty hours equals one point” is ridiculous. If you’re doing that, just use hours for goodness sake. You haven’t gained anything from storypoints except to be able to claim to be doing “agile.”
  
 Here are some things to understand when using Story Points instead of a more traditional approach to estimating. Here are some things to understand when using Story Points instead of a more traditional approach to estimating.
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