Using Story Point Estimation to burn effort

[Hizkeel Khan]

Hi,

I have recently joined a team and they are using both the story points and the story point estimation fields. 
Story points are used to let the team know how effort/complexity/uncertainty is involved which is fine as it is the standard procedure. 

The problem I see is that they are using story points estimation and burning the effort during the sprint. Shouldn't the points burn when the ticket is moved to Done and the sprint is completed. Burning points during the sprint is confusing and strange tbh. 

If a ticket is assigned 8 Story points then the team is burning the points based on the effort they have put even though the ticket is still in progress. 

Please help me to understand it better. It is something common or should I be guiding the team? 

[YY Brother]

Hi @Hizkeel Khan 

Do you mean in a single jira project with 2 estimation fields? It's not a common practice. Usually, we use the system field Story Points, which is enough. Jira sprint burndow chart or velocity chart is based on story points.

Hope it helps,

YY Brother