A project manager is leading a project with a team that is new to Agile. The team is struggling to estimate stories using Story Points. They keep trying to equate points to hours. What should the PM do?

Answer options:

Let them use hours since it's easier for them.

Create a conversion table: 1 point = 4 hours.

Facilitate an exercise using 'Affinity Estimation' (grouping items by size) to help them understand relative sizing without numbers first.

Estimate the points for them.

How to approach this question

Coaching (Task 13/5). Move from Absolute to Relative estimation.

Full Answer

C.Facilitate an exercise using 'Affinity Estimation' (grouping items by size) to help them understand relative sizing without numbers first.✓ Correct

Task 6 (Schedule) and Task 13 (Methodology). Relative estimation is a key agile concept. The PM coaches the team to compare items (T-shirt sizing/Affinity) rather than predict time.

Common mistakes

Mapping points to hours (B).

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