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Story Points are Pointless, Measure Queues | Brightball

Found on 7 October 2024

Barry Jones makes a thorough case that story points are unreliable by design: low values imply precision, high values imply ranges, and velocity quietly converts them back into time anyway. Instead of arguing about Fibonacci numbers, he argues teams should measure queues — how long work waits — which gives the business the timeline predictability it actually wanted.

Story Points are Pointless, Measure Queues | Brightball

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