July 30, 2026 5 min read
Why story points use Fibonacci (and why that's not the fix)
Fibonacci prevents 'is it a 5 or a 6?' — valid. But your team voted 3, 8, and 13 on the same ticket. The scale isn't what's broken.
Read →Planning Poker & Estimation Blog
Practical writing on planning poker, story point estimation, and agile team dynamics.
July 2, 2026 5 min read
Story points vs t-shirt sizing: you're still estimating one thing
T-shirt sizing feels more honest than story points. It isn't. Both collapse effort, risk, complexity, and uncertainty into a single label — the label size doesn't change what you lose.
Read →June 20, 2026 4 min read
Story points measure complexity — except complexity isn't one thing
Every explainer says story points measure 'complexity, not time.' But complexity, effort, risk, and uncertainty are four different things that don't move together.
Read →June 2, 2026 4 min read
Story points were already broken. AI-assisted development proves it.
When a developer with Copilot ships in two hours what took a senior two days last year, your velocity stops making sense. That's not an AI problem — it's proof story points were always missing the right dimensions.
Read →May 25, 2026 4 min read
Story points can't tell you where your sprint will break
Your team estimated the 3 correctly. The sprint still missed. Story points measure implementation effort — but integration risk, QA surface, and external dependencies are where delivery actually breaks.
Read →April 25, 2026 5 min read
Why your team can't agree on story point estimates
When one developer votes 3 and another votes 13, they're usually both right — they're just answering different questions. Here's why single-number estimation forces this.
Read →March 24, 2026 5 min read
Why switching from story points to hours won't fix your estimates
Teams switch from story points to hours and find the same problems waiting. The issue isn't the unit — it's that one number can't carry what makes a ticket hard.
Read →January 15, 2026 5 min read
Why your team always votes the same number in planning poker
The wall of 5s isn't consensus — it's anchoring and groupthink operating exactly as designed, just in the wrong context. Here's the mechanism behind it.
Read →