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Project Management & Agile · Foundational

Story Points

A unit of relative estimation representing the effort, complexity, and uncertainty of a backlog item.

Definition

Story points are team-specific and not comparable across teams; they are often based on a modified Fibonacci sequence (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 40, 100).

Example

A story twice as complex as a 3-point reference story is estimated at 5 or 8.

Exam tip

Do not convert points to hours or compare velocity between teams.

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