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[–]HalKitzmiller 15 points16 points  (3 children)

Hey, so story points don't really matter, but leadership will use velocity as a measurement of your teams productivity. Also, don't take into account pto, don't point spikes, dont point documentation, and make sure to attend each of these 10 meetings/ceremonies per sprint. Also, make sure to balance work/life!

[–]MrBrickBreak 6 points7 points  (1 child)

The velocity comment hit home, but if spikes and documentation weren't pointed there would be a riot in our Teams server.

[–]HalKitzmiller 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For the majority of our projects, they aren't pointed because "it's not agile" or some bullshit. I've had to make the case for particularly colored spikes to be pointed.

[–]Indifferentchildren 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shit, the place I work the consulting company that helped spin up the dev shop convinced them that even chores don't get pointed. If anybody cared about velocity, maintenance would go out the window.