When starting a new software product, I like to run a Story-Writing Workshop and then employ affinity estimates to story point the effort.
Pro Tip: Show your team this dog grooming story pointing exercise to help them grep affinity estimates.
I created the following diagrams to depict how the story-writing workshop and affinity estimates can be played in concert. Note my modular design; the workshop and affinity estimates can be used independently or in combination.
Using the Dog Grooming is a great way to demonstrate Affinity Estimating. I've use it a lot. Before we begin I talk about affinity pointing and get deer in headlight stares. Then we play Dog Grooming and the team gets it. I get feedback like "This really helps understand Affinity Pointing." and "Thanks, this really helps!"
Posted by: Dawn McCaffrey | September 17, 2018 at 11:16 AM