Back to Forum

Story Points - How we will consider the story points in the Sprints

Last post 07:03 am December 27, 2019 by Ian Mitchell
2 replies
S SURESH PRABHU
05:31 am December 27, 2019

Hi All, 

 

I would like to bring up this example and take your inputs.

 

Example : I have a one User Story and assigned 4 Tasks to complete the User Story. 

Now we have assigned Story Points to all the Tasks (assuming 2 Story Points to the each Task) and taken this User Story in the Sprint Backlog.

Development team has started working on the tasks and they were able to complete only 2 Tasks within that Sprint but Development Team has worked on the remaining 2 tasks and completed 50% of the work in the current sprint itself, due to Tasks are incomplete, Development team has moved the remaining 2 tasks to the next sprint.

My Question or Doubt : For the next Sprint Planning, how can we consider the Story Points ? Is it 1 Story Point or 2 Story Points ?? 

In the previous Sprint , already Development team has spent 50% of their time and completed 50% of their work as well, then I assume we need to consider 1 Story Point instead of 2 in the current sprint. If we say 1 Story Point , then how can we measure or track the previous 1 Story Point which Development Team has spent in the previous sprint.

Please provide your thoughts.. Looking forward..

 

Thanks & Regards,

Suresh Prabhu.

Sherwin Soriano
06:03 am December 27, 2019

Why do you have story points on the tasks? Shouldn't it be on the user story level?

Ian Mitchell
07:03 am December 27, 2019

Development team has moved the remaining 2 tasks to the next sprint.

What will the effect of this be on Sprint Planning and the team’s ability to forecast work to meet the next Sprint Goal?

Wouldn't it be better to update the Product Backlog, so it properly reflects the work that is estimated to remain?

By posting on our forums you are agreeing to our Terms of Use.

Please note that the first and last name from your Scrum.org member profile will be displayed next to any topic or comment you post on the forums. For privacy concerns, we cannot allow you to post email addresses. All user-submitted content on our Forums may be subject to deletion if it is found to be in violation of our Terms of Use. Scrum.org does not endorse user-submitted content or the content of links to any third-party websites.

Terms of Use

Scrum.org may, at its discretion, remove any post that it deems unsuitable for these forums. Unsuitable post content includes, but is not limited to, Scrum.org Professional-level assessment questions and answers, profanity, insults, racism or sexually explicit content. Using our forum as a platform for the marketing and solicitation of products or services is also prohibited. Forum members who post content deemed unsuitable by Scrum.org may have their access revoked at any time, without warning. Scrum.org may, but is not obliged to, monitor submissions.