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USING T-SHIRT SIZES FOR USER STORY ESTIMATION

Posted by: on March 14th, 2008

There are a number of story point scales used for estimating user stories on the product backlog. An effective scale to use for your estimation is T-Shirt sizes. T-SHIRT SIZES Size                                    Points to Allocate XS (Extra Small)                   1 S  (small)                                2 M  (medium)                         4 L  (Large)                               8 XL (extra large)                   16 XXL(extra extra large)      

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THE IMPORTANCE OF FIXED LENGTH ITERATIONS THROUGH THE PRODUCT LIFECYCLE

Posted by: on March 13th, 2008

Why are fixed length sprints (iterations or timeboxes) of the same duration important? why should these sprints not exceed a 4 week timebox? WHY 4 WEEKS? Scrum recommends that iterations do not exceed 4 weeks. I have heard of some implementations using 6 weeks. I stick with durations of 4 weeks or less. 4 weeks

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