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Why you should prefer story points over hourly estimations

Why you should prefer story points over hourly estimations

by Herbi | Feb 21, 2016 | Refinement meeting, Scrum, Sprint planning

Every now and then people ask “What is a story point?” And then somebody gives the answer like “A story point in our team is about 3-5 hours work for one person!” Did you hear this as well? Or did you even give such an answer to other people? I...
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