Estimation
Within the estimation phase, developers are valuable because they know their own abilities and limitations. They know what they can accomplish and whether user stories are small enough to be taken care of within a sprint. One of the key elements of Agile is that new features are delivered at the end of each sprint. If a user story isn’t finished by the end of the sprint, stakeholders are given one less new feature that they expected.
Commitment
The final phase of user stories is commitment. With a fully fleshed out and estimated user story, they are then committed to a sprint. While this does not guarantee that a user story will be completed within the sprint, it does mean that the development team believes they can finish it.
Developers have given most of their expertise in earlier phases of user story creation. For commitment, they simply commit to what they will be working on in a sprint. They can then begin the development of the features.
Recommended Further Reading
The following materials may assist you in order to get the most out of this course: