Story Points or Time Estimates
DanielBMarkham: Ok -- I teach this, so I should know the answer.The purpose of story points is to separate estimation into three pieces: relative complexity, work, and duration. Story points are unit-less -- they mean nothing in terms of hours. Unless you understand that, you'll end up doing some kind of points-to-hours computation which misses the entire purpose of having story points to begin with.I've found for some reason that developers have a difficult time doing duration estimates, which is really what you're looking for as a PM. Using story points effectively is a great way to get a team back on track -- but you need to know what you're doing. There are lots of ways to mess up.