Story point estimation is all about relative sizing. In order to compare the amount of work of one story to another, we need to identify a base story in order to define the base story point size.
It will be important to know that story points follow fibonacci series and have 0, ½, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 20, 40, 100 numbers. So when we talk about a base story, we essentially are talking about a one story point story.
A Base User Story
A base user story is the smallest possible piece of work that delivers business value to the user.
As an example – a team may decide that on a search screen, adding one additional field may be the smallest piece of work for them.
[Read more…] about How to do Story Point Sizing with Planning Poker?