The team can decide to estimate in anyway they feel confident - Me

Although the team can decide it is good to know standard ways in which teams work. An industry standard is using Story Points.

What is a story point?

Story points represent the relative sizing of a user story. It is designed as a rough estimate taking in a few key qualities to size the story.

How to estimate

The best way to estimate is to compare in size. Story point uses the Fibonacci sequence (1, 2 , 3, 5, 8 , 13, 20, 40, 100) to illustrate the relative effort of a story. A story point is made up of a combination of qualities:

Volume – How much is there?

Complexity – How difficult is it?

Knowledge – What is known?

Uncertainty – What is unknown?

Volume + Complexity + Knowledge + Uncertainty = Effort

Relative Sizing Exercise