Are story point estimates for a story and epics available for Edit Field automation

Question

I have automation that is editing a field for an Epic, and I would like to use the story point estimate field to hold the sum of all story point estimates for a set of stories that belong to the epic.

When I select the Edit Field, and go to select the field Story Point Estimate it is not available to choose for automation.

Fabian Lim · Answer

Hi @Neil Wills

Take a look at the video tutorial here on how to sum up story points from stories to an epic.  You will have to use original estimates story points fields instead.

Link:https://youtu.be/PROcxEOMyGM

Regards

Neil Wills_3vfe1i · Answer

What is interesting is that effectively I am using the story point estimate effectively for capture the epic sizing.

We took the Epic, and then built out stories with the leads as another breakdown, and used story point estimate to capture the sizing.

We plan to meet as a team and story point the stories and add\remove details in the stories as they will be the team that effectively does the work.  It is useful to compare the lead estimates with the actual estimates that the team came up with.

The reason we are estimating at the lead level, is that we can work with product to determine what epics we should plan for each quarter.

Neil Wills_3vfe1i · Answer

Out of interest, one of the steps in our planning is taking an Epic, and estimating the Epic to help with prioritizing differently sized Epics before committing to the story break down and estimation.