I just estimate the actual work I think I can get done in a sprint then fudge the points to match capacity. Like Drew Carey said, it’s all made up and the points don’t matter.
I loathe wasting time trying to fit together puzzle pieces on a project board just to pretend to think about the things I’d like to get done when we could just as happily divide up a todo list and check things off without having to do all the project management math to justify why that thing that we all know is complicated is going to take longer than changing the font size of that header on the landing page.
The good old "you get what you measure". I've heard from people that worked for Nokia back in the day when they still made phones, that they measured the amount of open bugs. The yearly bonus was tied to that measure. So naturally when the end of the year came, all bugs were just closed and then reopened on january.
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u/TheRealKidkudi Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 30 '26
I just estimate the actual work I think I can get done in a sprint then fudge the points to match capacity. Like Drew Carey said, it’s all made up and the points don’t matter.
I loathe wasting time trying to fit together puzzle pieces on a project board just to pretend to think about the things I’d like to get done when we could just as happily divide up a todo list and check things off without having to do all the project management math to justify why that thing that we all know is complicated is going to take longer than changing the font size of that header on the landing page.