In agile project management, story points are a way to estimate how much work or how hard a user story or feature will be. A user story is a description of a feature or requirement from the user’s point of view. It is usually written in the form “As a [user], I want [feature], so that [benefit].”
In agile development, user stories are usually estimated in story points. A story point is a unit of measurement that shows how hard or complicated the team thinks it will be to finish the story. Story points are based on a number of things, such as how complicated the user story is, how much work it will take to implement, and any technical or other problems that might come up.
One way to estimate story points is to use a scale, like the Fibonacci sequence (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc. ), where each number represents a level of complexity or work that gets progressively harder. For example, a user story that is estimated to be worth 3 points might be more complicated or take more work than a story worth 1 point, but less complicated or take less work than a story worth 5 points.
In agile development, story points are helpful because they let teams estimate and plan their work based on how much effort or complexity it will take, rather than a set amount of time. This can help teams get a better idea of how much work they can finish in a sprint or release and adjust their plans as needed based on how much work they actually finish.
Usage
It is used in Agile Project Management
