> > What should we do about making points consistent across teams?
To clarify, do you mean teams using the same points to mean the same thing? Currently, I suspect teams use points to mean different things (Team A says 5 points is "a day's work" while Team B says 5 points is "two day's work" while Team C says 5 points is not time but complexity, etc). On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Joel Aufrecht <jaufre...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > The points field is now global to all tasks, raising some interesting > questions: > > 1) What do engineers/product owners (staff or otherwise) working on tasks > do when community members set or change points? > > 2) What should we do about making points consistent across teams? > > My initial thoughts/proposal, which we could run past teams we are working > with and engaged community members: > > 1) we should have a written policy along the lines that points is intended > to be used by people doing the engineering work on tasks, and that > therefore only those people (staff on teams working on tasks; community > members contributing code/testing/other engineering work) should edit > points. > > 2) We should explictly document that points cannot be compared across > teams, that there is no single standard definition or meaning for points, > and that they cannot be used in isolation to forecast. In an analogy, I > see points as a bit like database ID fields; even if they are exposed, you > can't use them for certain things you may be tempted to use them for, > because they are warranteed for that use; instead, you should use the > appropriate derivation for your purpose. > > Thoughts? > > > > *--Joel Aufrecht* > Team Practices Group > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > teampractices mailing list > teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > >
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