Points

The New Best Practices

Outline

• Software development is not a “game”, i.e. you aren’t aiming to get more points
• Points give you a reference for how your people, process & technology are working together
• Velocity therefore is a function with these inputs
• Estimation is possible through a “Stable Velocity”
• Estimates aren’t meant to be used to hide behind
• Fixed estimates aren’t really possible as the number of variables in a project consistently change
• Developers need to deteremine their lifestyle. Maybe using points is not the right thing for your team

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