USING T-SHIRT SIZES FOR USER STORY ESTIMATION

Posted on March 14th, 2008 by

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)       32
T-Shirt sizes are nonlinear so the bigger the “shirt” […]

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SCRUM KANBAN EXAMPLE - TASKBOARD

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GUIDELINES FOR THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF SCRUM IN AN ORGANISATION

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Obtain buy-in from all responsible parties.
A developer that is not willing to embrace agile should not be placed on your team, even a single doomsayer can cause major negativity, disruption and resistance to change. Pick a motivated team that is keen to embrace change.
A CIO who is a heavyweight fanatic is not going to be […]

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THE IMPORTANCE OF FIXED LENGTH ITERATIONS THROUGH THE PRODUCT LIFECYCLE

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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 of fixed scope is […]

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