Glossary term
What is Story points?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Story points" means: A unit for the relative size of a story that mixes effort, difficulty and uncertainty. It is not a number of hours. It is taught in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship. Related terms include User story, Velocity, Product backlog and Kanban.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Story points?
A unit for the relative size of a story that mixes effort, difficulty and uncertainty. It is not a number of hours.
Where is Story points taught?
Story points is defined in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship.
Which lessons cover Story points?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship, lesson 5.3: Size the Stories and Plan a Sprint
Which terms are related to Story points?
Next to Story points in the course glossaries: User story, Velocity, Product backlog, Kanban, Sprint, WIP limit, Scrum and Cycle time.
User storyVelocityProduct backlogKanbanSprintWIP limitScrumCycle time
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Story points?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship: None. You do not need any project management experience.