From the course: Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories

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From the course: Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories

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Sized state

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- The initial sizing of our stories typically occurs early in the project, once most have been identified. At this point, the teams typically will hold an event where they assign a sizing value to stories. Over time, with experience, most teams can size stories quickly and efficiently. However, the size of a story is not cast in stone. As we learn more through doing a little bit of work in each iteration, teams update assigned sizing values for some of the stories. While stories are being identified, the team may have done some preliminary sizing. However, at this point, they can conduct a sizing event for all the identified stories to do a relative comparison together. Remember, the team does not need to identify all the stories that may be required. Some will be discovered from an ongoing perspective as we learn more, while large stories may be split into two or more stories. Those stories can be sized as needed.

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