How do you guys decide story points
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In general, yes, but I’ve been on teams where really trivial stuff — like docs or one-liners — get 0 points. As long as the team is self-consistent, it doesn’t matter.
The key is to never point based on the time. Only risk and complexity. After a few weeks of using this system, it starts to be apparent how many points the team can finish in a week. Combined with a reasonable backlog, you can start to get a feel for when your team will deliver planned work.
It takes discipline but it means you don’t need sprints or scrum masters or burn-down charts or any of the other agile cruft. The process actually frees you up to do the important things: have conversations and build stuff.