id: 1244,2B
title: Story points were originally a euphamism for ”ideal days”.
date: 2021-12-22

Story points were originally a euphamism for ”ideal days”.

Actual timeline estimates multiple ideal days by some “load factor”, or reality multiplier that tries to account for distractions and volatility in effectiveness—3 is a good value to start with. The term “points” is only used because speaking in terms of days but actually meaning 3x as many days is confusing to others.rJ1