Points Don’t Mean Prizes
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Argues that replacing story-point estimation with three concrete value questions — bin, thin, split — produces smaller stories that actually deliver customer-facing outcomes (example: defer subscription code during a free quarter, implement a simple alphabetical product list instead of full advanced search, split auth into login password‑reset registration). Recommends story mapping as a repeatable tool, shows how these practices lead to frequent vertical slices and warns they only work if the organization gives teams context and autonomy.
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