Story Point Estimation Helper for a Jira Backlog
Compare stories to reference items and flag outliers.
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Help us estimate these Jira stories in story points. Stories with descriptions: [STORIES]. Reference stories already completed with their sizes and what they involved: [REFERENCE_STORIES]. Our scale (for example 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13): [SCALE]. Split threshold in points: [SPLIT_THRESHOLD]. Usual capacity per sprint: [USUAL_CAPACITY]. For each story compare it with the closest reference story, naming what is bigger or smaller about the new one, and suggest a size with a short reason covering complexity, uncertainty, amount of work and dependencies. Do not average across references; if two similar references have different sizes, point out the inconsistency and ask which the team trusts. Stay within my scale. Flag stories above the split threshold for splitting, and stories where uncertainty is the main driver with a time-boxed spike instead of a number. These are inputs to a team discussion, not the estimate. Return a table with Story, Closest reference, Suggested size, Reason and Question for the team, plus a summary of how many stories fall at each size and the total points with arithmetic. If the total is far above usual capacity, suggest which stories to leave out. Remind the team to re-estimate after learning something new, recording the reasons for big changes, and that points measure relative effort and must not compare teams or judge people.
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