EffortPoint

[ef-ert point]

Definition of EffortPoint

A relative measure of the actual effort it will take to ‘do’ a Story. Often confused with StoryPoint.

See:

StoryPoint, A relative measure of the size of a Story. Often confused with EffortPoint.
Ideal Engineering Hour/Day An estimate of actual effort that ignores disruptions or disasters; an Ideal Hour/Day is an Hour/Day that has no interruptions, but does not ‘wish away’ other Impediments.

Examples

The sizing in EffortPoints may be useful for the Team’s Sprint Planning and the sizing in StoryPoints is necessary if it is tracking the expenditure of budgeted StoryPoints.

Many Teams want to consider actual effort as well as size when they estimate a Story, and I recommend that the Team estimate both StoryPoints and EffortPoints in this case.

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"EffortPoint" ScrumDictionary.com. Accessed Apr 26, 2024. https://scrumdictionary.com/term/effortpoint/.