How can I estimate a mixed portfolio (Scrum/Kanban) using story points if upon plan creation SPs are not available as an option?

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This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: Settings estimates with story points

When you are creating a plan, and you want to manage a mixed portfolio (Scrum/Kanban), Story Points is not available as an option for estimation purposes; the only options available are Days or Hours.

Story points are inherently focused on scheduling and planning on a team basis, and we use teams not only for Scrum but for Kanban as well, and we would like to manage them keeping this estimation strategy for our mixed approach.

What should I do if I want to estimate that mixed portfolio (Scrum/Kanban) using story points?

Ideas?

Thank you in advance for your inputs.

unknown · Answer

i dont see the answer above, its a blue box. what was the answer?

Andrew Feller · Answer

Why is this the answer instead of someone saying the feature should be built into all Agile boards?  Story points are just another mechanism for estimation, so there is no reason why the estimates on tickets couldn't be used for prediction purposes.  I'm going to very disappointed if this continues to be the way Atlassian addresses product demands.

Phill Fox · Answer

An extension to the solution proposed by @Martin Suntinger is to create both a Scrum and Kanban board for the same project. Then you can manage issues through both approaches.

A couple of configuration changes I would recommend though are as follows.

* Change the configuration of the Kanban board card and detail views to show Story Points.
* Add a quickfilter to remove all items from the Kanban board that have a sprint allocated 
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you could also make this part of the filter for the board if you never want to see items that have been allocated to sprints.

By doing the above you will be able to quickly see the Story Points and use it for understanding the workload at any point in time. However, this will not on its own allow you to report or plan with Story Points it will just give you visibility during the actual day-day activity.

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