How should I estimate story points when the total of development and QA effort is not a Fibonacci

[Smitha Joseph]

How should I estimate story points when the total of development and QA effort is not a Fibonacci number. 

How should I estimate story points for stories having both development and QA effort, eg: development needs 5 story points and QA needs 2 story points?

[Danut M _StonikByte_]

Hi @Smitha Joseph,

First of all QA and DEV should not estimate separately - this is still the old mindset from waterfall. You have to estimate the size of story relative to a base story, considering the entire effort DEV + QA. But this is another discussion... 

If the estimation is between two Fibonacci numbers, go with the next Fibonacci number, for safety. In your case if the estimate is 7, go with 8. 

Danut

[Smitha Joseph]

@Danut M _StonikByte_ If my understanding is right, if the development team estimates 5 story points for dev and QA teams needs 2 story points , total would be  5+2 = 7 --> we need to go with the next Fibonacci number 8 as the total estimate?

[Danut M _StonikByte_]

Correct.

[Smitha Joseph]

@Danut M _StonikByte_ Thank you for your help