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Original Post: Effort Units in Agile Development: Time or Abstract?
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Team velocity and effort could be estimated in any units in Extreme Programming. For example, you may use melons, iPods or abstract unified coins. But vast majority teams still use days or hours. They are just natural and usual. Everyone knows what a 'day' is, but I want to see how you'll describe what 'melon' effort unit means to customer. While time units are natural, they have two hidden