Agile & Scrum

Story Points

/ˈstɔːri pɔɪnts/

Definition

Relative units of effort used to estimate the size and complexity of a user story, not hours.

Example in context

"We estimated this at 3 points — similar effort to the login page we did last sprint."

Related terms

Practice this term

Master Story Points in context by working through exercises in the Agile & Scrum module. You'll see the term used in real engineering scenarios with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching drills.